#AEB4A8#AEB4A8

#AEB4A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.018 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4A8
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 168)
HSL	hsl(90, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(90, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 6.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -4.33, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 6.91, 128.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0113 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.018 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8435, 44.4683, 43.4697)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4A8 #AEA8B4

analogous

#B4B4A8 #AEB4A8 #A8B4A8

triadic

#AEB4A8 #A8AEB4 #B4A8AE

tetradic

#AEB4A8 #A8B4B4 #AEA8B4 #B4A8A8

square

#AEB4A8 #A8B4B4 #AEA8B4 #B4A8A8

split-complementary

#AEB4A8 #A8A8B4 #B4A8B4

monochromatic

#717968 #8F9887 #AEB4A8 #CDD0C9 #EBEDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#AEB4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4A8

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4A8	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.018 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cac1',
    500: '#aeb4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4a8;
$custom-light: #c6cac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.01808,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4A8

secondary

#DCDADE

accent

#549173

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4A8

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

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