#AEB4B8#AEB4B8

#AEB4B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4B8
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -1.32, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 3.06, 244.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0049 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4268, 45.1016, 51.8084)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4B8 #B8B2AE

analogous

#AEB8B7 #AEB4B8 #AEAFB8

triadic

#AEB4B8 #B8AEB4 #B4B8AE

tetradic

#AEB4B8 #B7AEB8 #B8B2AE #AFB8AE

square

#AEB4B8 #B7AEB8 #B8B2AE #AFB8AE

split-complementary

#AEB4B8 #B8AEAF #B8B7AE

monochromatic

#6E777E #8D969B #AEB4B8 #CFD2D5 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#AEB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4B8

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4B8	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cacd',
    500: '#aeb4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4b8;
$custom-light: #c6cacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76637,
    "c": 0.00885,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4B8

secondary

#E2E1E0

accent

#6D5590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4B8

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

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