#AEABB4#AEABB4

#AEABB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.013 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABB4
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 2.78, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 5.06, 303.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0068 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.013 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2552, 41.4198, 49.0452)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABB4 #B1B4AB

analogous

#ABADB4 #AEABB4 #B3ABB4

triadic

#AEABB4 #B4AEAB #ABB4AE

tetradic

#AEABB4 #B4ABAD #B1B4AB #ABB4B3

square

#AEABB4 #B4ABAD #B1B4AB #ABB4B3

split-complementary

#AEABB4 #B4B3AB #ADB4AB

monochromatic

#706C79 #8F8B97 #AEABB4 #CDCBD1 #ECECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#AEABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABB4

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABB4	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.013 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4ca',
    500: '#aeabb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabb4;
$custom-light: #c6c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 5.66,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.01316,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABB4

secondary

#DEDFDC

accent

#90567C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABB4

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

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