#AEAEAB#AEAEAB

#AEAEAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.004 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEAB
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 171)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -0.56, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 1.63, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0012 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.004 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9411, 42.2111, 44.5636)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEAB #ABABAE

analogous

#AEACAB #AEAEAB #ACAEAB

triadic

#AEAEAB #ABAEAE #AEABAE

tetradic

#AEAEAB #ABAEAC #ABABAE #AEABAC

square

#AEAEAB #ABAEAC #ABABAE #AEABAC

split-complementary

#AEAEAB #ABACAE #ACABAE

monochromatic

#71716D #90908C #AEAEAB #CCCCCA #EAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEAEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#AEAEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEAB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEAB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.004 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c4',
    500: '#aeaeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeab;
$custom-light: #c6c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.00423,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEAB

secondary

#DADADB

accent

#5A8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEAB

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

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