#AEABB5#AEABB5

#AEABB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.015 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABB5
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(258, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 2.97, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 5.59, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0072 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.015 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3575, 41.4607, 49.5837)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABB5 #B2B5AB

analogous

#ABADB5 #AEABB5 #B3ABB5

triadic

#AEABB5 #B5AEAB #ABB5AE

tetradic

#AEABB5 #B5ABAD #B2B5AB #ABB5B3

square

#AEABB5 #B5ABAD #B2B5AB #ABB5B3

split-complementary

#AEABB5 #B5B3AB #ADB5AB

monochromatic

#706C7A #8F8A98 #AEABB5 #CDCCD2 #EDECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABB5

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABB5	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.015 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4cb',
    500: '#aeabb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabb5;
$custom-light: #c6c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 6.329,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74677,
    "c": 0.01453,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABB5

secondary

#DEDFDC

accent

#90557F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABB5

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

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