#AEAEB5#AEAEB5

#AEAEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.010 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB5
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 1.34, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 3.82, 290.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0028 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.01 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9306, 42.6069, 49.7747)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB5 #B5B5AE

analogous

#AEB2B5 #AEAEB5 #B2AEB5

triadic

#AEAEB5 #B5AEAE #AEB5AE

tetradic

#AEAEB5 #B5AEB2 #B5B5AE #AEB5B2

square

#AEAEB5 #B5AEB2 #B5B5AE #AEB5B2

split-complementary

#AEAEB5 #B5B2AE #B2B5AE

monochromatic

#6F6F7A #8E8E98 #AEAEB5 #CECED2 #EEEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AEAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#AEAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.010 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6cb',
    500: '#aeaeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb5;
$custom-light: #c6c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.516,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75296,
    "c": 0.00991,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB5

secondary

#E0E0DE

accent

#8E578E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB5

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

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