#AEACB4#AEACB4

#AEACB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.012 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACB4
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 180)
HSL	hsl(255, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 2.23, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 4.44, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0053 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.012 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4449, 41.7990, 49.1084)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACB4 #B2B4AC

analogous

#ACAEB4 #AEACB4 #B2ACB4

triadic

#AEACB4 #B4AEAC #ACB4AE

tetradic

#AEACB4 #B4ACAE #B2B4AC #ACB4B2

square

#AEACB4 #B4ACAE #B2B4AC #ACB4B2

split-complementary

#AEACB4 #B4B2AC #AEB4AC

monochromatic

#706D79 #8F8C97 #AEACB4 #CDCCD1 #EDECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEACB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AEACB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACB4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACB4	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.012 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4ca',
    500: '#aeacb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacb4;
$custom-light: #c6c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.01153,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACB4

secondary

#DEDFDD

accent

#8F5781

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACB4

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

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