#AEAEB2#AEAEB2

#AEAEB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.006 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB2
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 0.76, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 2.18, 290.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0016 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.006 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6261, 42.4851, 48.1710)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB2 #B2B2AE

analogous

#AEB0B2 #AEAEB2 #B0AEB2

triadic

#AEAEB2 #B2AEAE #AEB2AE

tetradic

#AEAEB2 #B2AEB0 #B2B2AE #AEB2B0

square

#AEAEB2 #B2AEB0 #B2B2AE #AEB2B0

split-complementary

#AEAEB2 #B2B0AE #B0B2AE

monochromatic

#707076 #8F8F94 #AEAEB2 #CDCDD0 #EDEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEAEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AEAEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB2

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB2	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.006 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c9',
    500: '#aeaeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb2;
$custom-light: #c6c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.532,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.00566,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB2

secondary

#DEDEDD

accent

#8C598C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB2

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

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