#AEB4AB#AEB4AB

#AEB4AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.014 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4AB
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(100, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(100, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -3.78, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 5.40, 134.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0101 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.014 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1263, 44.5813, 44.9586)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4AB #B1ABB4

analogous

#B3B4AB #AEB4AB #ABB4AD

triadic

#AEB4AB #ABAEB4 #B4ABAE

tetradic

#AEB4AB #ABB3B4 #B1ABB4 #B4ADAB

square

#AEB4AB #ABB3B4 #B1ABB4 #B4ADAB

split-complementary

#AEB4AB #ADABB4 #B4ABB3

monochromatic

#70796C #8F978B #AEB4AB #CDD1CB #ECEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#AEB4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4AB

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4AB	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.014 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cac4',
    500: '#aeb4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4ab;
$custom-light: #c6cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 5.66,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76253,
    "c": 0.01428,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4AB

secondary

#DEDCDF

accent

#56907C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4AB

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

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