#AEB5B2#AEB5B2

#AEB5B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.009 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5B2
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(154, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(154, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -3.01, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 3.09, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0087 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.009 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0138, 45.2605, 48.6336)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5B2 #B5AEB1

analogous

#AEB5AF #AEB5B2 #AEB5B5

triadic

#AEB5B2 #B2AEB5 #B5B2AE

tetradic

#AEB5B2 #AFAEB5 #B5AEB1 #B5B5AE

square

#AEB5B2 #AFAEB5 #B5AEB1 #B5B5AE

split-complementary

#AEB5B2 #B5AEB5 #B5AFAE

monochromatic

#6F7A75 #8E9894 #AEB5B2 #CED2D0 #EEEFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#AEB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5B2

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5B2	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.009 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbc9',
    500: '#aeb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5b2;
$custom-light: #c6cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 4.516,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.00888,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5B2

secondary

#E0DEDF

accent

#576F8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5B2

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

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