#AEACB6#AEACB6

#AEACB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.014 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACB6
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 182)
HSL	hsl(252, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 2.62, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 5.52, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0061 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.014 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6501, 41.8811, 50.1892)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACB6 #B4B6AC

analogous

#ACAFB6 #AEACB6 #B3ACB6

triadic

#AEACB6 #B6AEAC #ACB6AE

tetradic

#AEACB6 #B6ACAF #B4B6AC #ACB6B3

square

#AEACB6 #B6ACAF #B4B6AC #ACB6B3

split-complementary

#AEACB6 #B6B3AC #AFB6AC

monochromatic

#6F6C7B #8E8B99 #AEACB6 #CECDD3 #EEEDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEACB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEACB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACB6

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACB6	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAADB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.014 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4cb',
    500: '#aeacb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacb6;
$custom-light: #c6c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 6.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.01432,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACB6

secondary

#E0E0DD

accent

#905584

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACB6

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

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