#AEB5AB#AEB5AB

#AEB5AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.016 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5AB
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(102, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(102, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -4.32, 4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 6.05, 135.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0115 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.016 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3289, 44.9866, 45.0261)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5AB #B2ABB5

analogous

#B3B5AB #AEB5AB #ABB5AD

triadic

#AEB5AB #ABAEB5 #B5ABAE

tetradic

#AEB5AB #ABB3B5 #B2ABB5 #B5ADAB

square

#AEB5AB #ABB3B5 #B2ABB5 #B5ADAB

split-complementary

#AEB5AB #ADABB5 #B5ABB3

monochromatic

#707A6C #8F988A #AEB5AB #CDD2CC #EDEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#AEB5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5AB

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5AB	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.016 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbc4',
    500: '#aeb5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5ab;
$custom-light: #c6cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102,
    "s": 6.329,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76464,
    "c": 0.01603,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5AB

secondary

#DEDCDF

accent

#55907F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5AB

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

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