#AEABA6#AEABA6

#AEABA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.008 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABA6
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(38, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(38, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 0.15, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 2.95, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0013 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.008 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9004, 40.8779, 41.9099)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABA6 #A6A9AE

analogous

#AEA7A6 #AEABA6 #ADAEA6

triadic

#AEABA6 #A6AEAB #ABA6AE

tetradic

#AEABA6 #A6AEA7 #A6A9AE #AEA6AD

square

#AEABA6 #A6AEA7 #A6A9AE #AEA6AD

split-complementary

#AEABA6 #A6ADAE #A7A6AE

monochromatic

#726E68 #918D86 #AEABA6 #CBC9C6 #E8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AEABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABA6

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABA6	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.008 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c0',
    500: '#aeaba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaba6;
$custom-light: #c6c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.00788,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABA6

secondary

#D7D8D9

accent

#6C8F57

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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