#AEAEB0#AEAEB0

#AEAEB0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.003 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB0
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 0.38, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 1.09, 290.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.003 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4267, 42.4053, 47.1212)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB0 #B0B0AE

analogous

#AEAFB0 #AEAEB0 #AFAEB0

triadic

#AEAEB0 #B0AEAE #AEB0AE

tetradic

#AEAEB0 #B0AEAF #B0B0AE #AEB0AF

square

#AEAEB0 #B0AEAF #B0B0AE #AEB0AF

split-complementary

#AEAEB0 #B0AFAE #AFB0AE

monochromatic

#707073 #8F8F92 #AEAEB0 #CDCDCE #ECECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEAEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#AEAEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB0

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB0	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.003 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c7',
    500: '#aeaeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb0;
$custom-light: #c6c6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.00282,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB0

secondary

#DDDDDD

accent

#8B5B8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB0

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

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