#AEB4AC#AEB4AC

#AEB4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4AC
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(105, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(105, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -3.60, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 4.91, 137.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0097 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2219, 44.6196, 45.4625)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4AC #B2ACB4

analogous

#B2B4AC #AEB4AC #ACB4AE

triadic

#AEB4AC #ACAEB4 #B4ACAE

tetradic

#AEB4AC #ACB2B4 #B2ACB4 #B4AEAC

square

#AEB4AC #ACB2B4 #B2ACB4 #B4AEAC

split-complementary

#AEB4AC #AEACB4 #B4ACB2

monochromatic

#70796D #8F978C #AEB4AC #CDD1CC #EDEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#AEB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4AC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4AC	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)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cac4',
    500: '#aeb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4ac;
$custom-light: #c6cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.01307,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4AC

secondary

#DEDDDF

accent

#578F81

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4AC

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

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