#AEB3AB#AEB3AB

#AEB3AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.013 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB3AB
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(98, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(98, 4%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -3.25, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 4.75, 133.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0086 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.013 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9251, 44.1791, 44.8916)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB3AB #B0ABB3

analogous

#B2B3AB #AEB3AB #ABB3AC

triadic

#AEB3AB #ABAEB3 #B3ABAE

tetradic

#AEB3AB #ABB2B3 #B0ABB3 #B3ACAB

square

#AEB3AB #ABB2B3 #B0ABB3 #B3ACAB

split-complementary

#AEB3AB #ACABB3 #B3ABB2

monochromatic

#70776C #8F968B #AEB3AB #CDD0CB #ECEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#AEB3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB3AB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB3AB	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.013 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9c4',
    500: '#aeb3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb3ab;
$custom-light: #c6c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76042,
    "c": 0.01253,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB3AB

secondary

#DDDCDE

accent

#578F7A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB3AB

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

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