#AEAEB8#AEAEB8

#AEAEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.014 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB8
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 1.93, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 5.45, 290.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0039 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.014 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2417, 42.7313, 51.4133)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB8 #B8B8AE

analogous

#AEB3B8 #AEAEB8 #B3AEB8

triadic

#AEAEB8 #B8AEAE #AEB8AE

tetradic

#AEAEB8 #B8AEB3 #B8B8AE #AEB8B3

square

#AEAEB8 #B8AEB3 #B8B8AE #AEB8B3

split-complementary

#AEAEB8 #B8B3AE #B3B8AE

monochromatic

#6E6E7E #8D8D9B #AEAEB8 #CFCFD5 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#AEAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.014 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6cd',
    500: '#aeaeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb8;
$custom-light: #c6c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75391,
    "c": 0.01417,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB8

secondary

#E2E2E0

accent

#905590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB8

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

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