#AEAEB6#AEAEB6

#AEAEB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.011 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB6
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 1.53, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 4.36, 290.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0032 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.011 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0336, 42.6481, 50.3170)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB6 #B6B6AE

analogous

#AEB2B6 #AEAEB6 #B2AEB6

triadic

#AEAEB6 #B6AEAE #AEB6AE

tetradic

#AEAEB6 #B6AEB2 #B6B6AE #AEB6B2

square

#AEAEB6 #B6AEB2 #B6B6AE #AEB6B2

split-complementary

#AEAEB6 #B6B2AE #B2B6AE

monochromatic

#6F6F7B #8E8E99 #AEAEB6 #CECED3 #EEEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEAEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#AEAEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.011 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6cb',
    500: '#aeaeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb6;
$custom-light: #c6c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75328,
    "c": 0.01133,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB6

secondary

#E1E1DF

accent

#8F568F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB6

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

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