#AEB2A6#AEB2A6

#AEB2A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.017 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB2A6
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 166)
HSL	hsl(80, 7%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(80, 7%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -3.62, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 6.70, 122.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0092 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.017 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2578, 43.5926, 42.3624)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB2A6 #AAA6B2

analogous

#B2B0A6 #AEB2A6 #A8B2A6

triadic

#AEB2A6 #A6AEB2 #B2A6AE

tetradic

#AEB2A6 #A6B2B0 #AAA6B2 #B2A6A8

square

#AEB2A6 #A6B2B0 #AAA6B2 #B2A6A8

split-complementary

#AEB2A6 #A6A8B2 #B0A6B2

monochromatic

#717767 #909685 #AEB2A6 #CCCEC7 #EAEBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AEB2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#AEB2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB2A6

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB2A6	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.017 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9c0',
    500: '#aeb2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb2a6;
$custom-light: #c6c9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75691,
    "c": 0.01739,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB2A6

secondary

#D9D8DC

accent

#549169

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB2A6

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

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