#AEB4AE#AEB4AE

#AEB4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4AE
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -3.23, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 3.98, 144.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0089 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4154, 44.6970, 46.4817)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4AE #B4AEB4

analogous

#B1B4AE #AEB4AE #AEB4B1

triadic

#AEB4AE #AEAEB4 #B4AEAE

tetradic

#AEB4AE #AEB1B4 #B4AEB4 #B4B1AE

square

#AEB4AE #AEB1B4 #B4AEB4 #B4B1AE

split-complementary

#AEB4AE #B1AEB4 #B4AEB1

monochromatic

#6F786F #8E978E #AEB4AE #CED1CE #EEEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#AEB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4AE

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4AE	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cac6',
    500: '#aeb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4ae;
$custom-light: #c6cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.846,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76339,
    "c": 0.01076,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4AE

secondary

#E0DEE0

accent

#588E8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4AE

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

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