#AEABA9#AEABA9

#AEABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.004 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABA9
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(24, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(24, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 0.70, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 1.57, 63.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0025 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.004 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1788, 40.9892, 43.3761)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABA9 #A9ACAE

analogous

#AEA9AA #AEABA9 #AEAEA9

triadic

#AEABA9 #A9AEAB #ABA9AE

tetradic

#AEABA9 #AAAEA9 #A9ACAE #AEA9AE

square

#AEABA9 #AAAEA9 #A9ACAE #AEA9AE

split-complementary

#AEABA9 #A9AEAE #A9AAAE

monochromatic

#726E6B #908C89 #AEABA9 #CCCAC9 #E9E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AEABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABA9

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABA9	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.004 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c2',
    500: '#aeaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaba9;
$custom-light: #c6c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.00448,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABA9

secondary

#D9DADA

accent

#788D59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABA9

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

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