#AEABA8#AEABA8

#AEABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.005 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABA8
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(30, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 0.51, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 1.99, 75.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0021 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.005 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0853, 40.9518, 42.8836)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABA8 #A8ABAE

analogous

#AEA8A8 #AEABA8 #AEAEA8

triadic

#AEABA8 #A8AEAB #ABA8AE

tetradic

#AEABA8 #A8AEA8 #A8ABAE #AEA8AE

square

#AEABA8 #A8AEA8 #A8ABAE #AEA8AE

split-complementary

#AEABA8 #A8AEAE #A8A8AE

monochromatic

#726E6A #908C88 #AEABA8 #CCCAC8 #E9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#AEABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABA8

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABA8	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.005 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c1',
    500: '#aeaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaba8;
$custom-light: #c6c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74281,
    "c": 0.00549,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABA8

secondary

#D8D9DA

accent

#738D58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABA8

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

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