#AEAEB9#AEAEB9

#AEAEB9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.016 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEB9
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 2.13, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 6.00, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% 0.0043 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.016 286)
XYZ	xyz(41.3469, 42.7734, 51.9674)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEB9 #B9B9AE

analogous

#AEB3B9 #AEAEB9 #B3AEB9

triadic

#AEAEB9 #B9AEAE #AEB9AE

tetradic

#AEAEB9 #B9AEB3 #B9B9AE #AEB9B3

square

#AEAEB9 #B9AEB3 #B9B9AE #AEB9B3

split-complementary

#AEAEB9 #B9B3AE #B3B9AE

monochromatic

#6E6E7F #8D8D9D #AEAEB9 #CFCFD5 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#AEAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEB9

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEB9	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)

#ACAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.016 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6ce',
    500: '#aeaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeb9;
$custom-light: #c6c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.285,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.01559,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.42774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEB9

secondary

#E3E3E0

accent

#915491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEB9

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

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