#AEB5AA#AEB5AA

#AEB5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.017 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5AA
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(98, 7%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(98, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -4.50, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 6.55, 133.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.012 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.017 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2339, 44.9486, 44.5260)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5AA #B1AAB5

analogous

#B4B5AA #AEB5AA #AAB5AC

triadic

#AEB5AA #AAAEB5 #B5AAAE

tetradic

#AEB5AA #AAB4B5 #B1AAB5 #B5ACAA

square

#AEB5AA #AAB4B5 #B1AAB5 #B5ACAA

split-complementary

#AEB5AA #ACAAB5 #B5AAB4

monochromatic

#707A6A #8F9989 #AEB5AA #CDD1CB #ECEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#AEB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5AA

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5AA	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.017 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbc3',
    500: '#aeb5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5aa;
$custom-light: #c6cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.01726,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5AA

secondary

#DEDCDF

accent

#55917B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5AA

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

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