#AEB0B8#AEB0B8

#AEB0B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.012 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB0B8
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 184)
HSL	hsl(228, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(228, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 0.84, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 4.40, 281.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.001 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.012 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6310, 43.5098, 51.5431)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB0B8 #B8B6AE

analogous

#AEB5B8 #AEB0B8 #B1AEB8

triadic

#AEB0B8 #B8AEB0 #B0B8AE

tetradic

#AEB0B8 #B8AEB5 #B8B6AE #AEB8B1

square

#AEB0B8 #B8AEB5 #B8B6AE #AEB8B1

split-complementary

#AEB0B8 #B8B1AE #B5B8AE

monochromatic

#6E717E #8D909B #AEB0B8 #CFD0D5 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#AEB0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB0B8

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB0B8	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.012 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c7cd',
    500: '#aeb0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb0b8;
$custom-light: #c6c7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75805,
    "c": 0.01158,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB0B8

secondary

#E2E2E0

accent

#855590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB0B8

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

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