#AEAEB4#AEAEB4

#AEAEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB4
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 1.15, -3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 3.27, 290.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0024 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8284, 42.5660, 49.2363)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB4 #B4B4AE

analogous

#AEB1B4 #AEAEB4 #B1AEB4

triadic

#AEAEB4 #B4AEAE #AEB4AE

tetradic

#AEAEB4 #B4AEB1 #B4B4AE #AEB4B1

square

#AEAEB4 #B4AEB1 #B4B4AE #AEB4B1

split-complementary

#AEAEB4 #B4B1AE #B1B4AE

monochromatic

#6F6F78 #8E8E97 #AEAEB4 #CECED1 #EEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEAEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#AEAEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6ca',
    500: '#aeaeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb4;
$custom-light: #c6c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.0085,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB4

secondary

#E0E0DE

accent

#8E588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB4

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

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