#AEACB2#AEACB2

#AEACB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACB2
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 178)
HSL	hsl(260, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 1.85, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 3.37, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0046 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2426, 41.7181, 48.0432)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACB2 #B0B2AC

analogous

#ACADB2 #AEACB2 #B1ACB2

triadic

#AEACB2 #B2AEAC #ACB2AE

tetradic

#AEACB2 #B2ACAD #B0B2AC #ACB2B1

square

#AEACB2 #B2ACAD #B0B2AC #ACB2B1

split-complementary

#AEACB2 #B2B1AC #ADB2AC

monochromatic

#706E76 #8F8C95 #AEACB2 #CDCCCF #ECEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEACB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AEACB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACB2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACB2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c9',
    500: '#aeacb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacb2;
$custom-light: #c6c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.00876,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACB2

secondary

#DDDEDC

accent

#8E587C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACB2

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

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