#AEACAB#AEACAB

#AEACAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.003 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACAB
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 171)
HSL	hsl(20, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 0.52, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 0.93, 55.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0018 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.003 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5576, 41.4441, 44.4357)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACAB #ABADAE

analogous

#AEABAB #AEACAB #AEADAB

triadic

#AEACAB #ABAEAC #ACABAE

tetradic

#AEACAB #ABAEAB #ABADAE #ADABAE

square

#AEACAB #ABAEAB #ABADAE #ADABAE

split-complementary

#AEACAB #ABAEAD #ABABAE

monochromatic

#716F6D #908D8C #AEACAB #CCCBCA #EAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEACAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEACAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACAB

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACAB	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)

#ADACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.003 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c4',
    500: '#aeacab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacab;
$custom-light: #c6c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.0027,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACAB

secondary

#DADBDB

accent

#7B8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACAB

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

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