#AEB0B6#AEB0B6

#AEB0B6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB0B6
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 182)
HSL	hsl(225, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 0.45, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 3.33, 277.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0002 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4228, 43.4266, 50.4468)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB0B6 #B6B4AE

analogous

#AEB4B6 #AEB0B6 #B0AEB6

triadic

#AEB0B6 #B6AEB0 #B0B6AE

tetradic

#AEB0B6 #B6AEB4 #B6B4AE #AEB6B0

square

#AEB0B6 #B6AEB4 #B6B4AE #AEB6B0

split-complementary

#AEB0B6 #B6B0AE #B4B6AE

monochromatic

#6F727B #8E9199 #AEB0B6 #CECFD3 #EEEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEB0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEB0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB0B6

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB0B6	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c7cb',
    500: '#aeb0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb0b6;
$custom-light: #c6c7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75742,
    "c": 0.00881,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB0B6

secondary

#E1E0DF

accent

#81568F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB0B6

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

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