#AEAEB3#AEAEB3

#AEAEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.007 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB3
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 0.95, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 2.73, 290.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.002 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.007 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7269, 42.5254, 48.7017)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB3 #B3B3AE

analogous

#AEB1B3 #AEAEB3 #B1AEB3

triadic

#AEAEB3 #B3AEAE #AEB3AE

tetradic

#AEAEB3 #B3AEB1 #B3B3AE #AEB3B1

square

#AEAEB3 #B3AEB1 #B3B3AE #AEB3B1

split-complementary

#AEAEB3 #B3B1AE #B1B3AE

monochromatic

#707077 #8E8E95 #AEAEB3 #CECED1 #EDEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEAEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AEAEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB3	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)

#ADAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.007 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c9',
    500: '#aeaeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb3;
$custom-light: #c6c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.185,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75234,
    "c": 0.00707,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB3

secondary

#DFDFDE

accent

#8D598D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB3

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

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