#AEB5AE#AEB5AE

#AEB5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.013 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5AE
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -3.76, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 4.64, 144.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0103 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.013 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6181, 45.1022, 46.5492)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5AE #B5AEB5

analogous

#B2B5AE #AEB5AE #AEB5B2

triadic

#AEB5AE #AEAEB5 #B5AEAE

tetradic

#AEB5AE #AEB2B5 #B5AEB5 #B5B2AE

square

#AEB5AE #AEB2B5 #B5AEB5 #B5B2AE

split-complementary

#AEB5AE #B2AEB5 #B5AEB2

monochromatic

#6F7A6F #8E988E #AEB5AE #CED2CE #EEEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#AEB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5AE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5AE	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)

#B5B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.013 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbc6',
    500: '#aeb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5ae;
$custom-light: #c6cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.516,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76549,
    "c": 0.01254,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5AE

secondary

#E0DEE0

accent

#578E8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →