#AEABAE#AEABAE

#AEABAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.005 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABAE
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 1.63, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 2.00, 324.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0045 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.005 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6572, 41.1806, 45.8956)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABAE #ABAEAB

analogous

#ACABAE #AEABAE #AEABAC

triadic

#AEABAE #AEAEAB #ABAEAE

tetradic

#AEABAE #AEACAB #ABAEAB #ABACAE

square

#AEABAE #AEACAB #ABAEAB #ABACAE

split-complementary

#AEABAE #ACAEAB #ABAEAC

monochromatic

#716D71 #908C90 #AEABAE #CCCACC #EAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABAE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABAE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.005 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c6',
    500: '#aeabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabae;
$custom-light: #c6c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.00542,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABAE

secondary

#DADBDA

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABAE

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

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