#AEB6AC#AEB6AC

#AEB6AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.017 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6AC
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 172)
HSL	hsl(108, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(108, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -4.67, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 6.23, 138.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0126 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.017 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6286, 45.4329, 45.5980)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6AC #B4ACB6

analogous

#B3B6AC #AEB6AC #ACB6AF

triadic

#AEB6AC #ACAEB6 #B6ACAE

tetradic

#AEB6AC #ACB3B6 #B4ACB6 #B6AFAC

square

#AEB6AC #ACB3B6 #B4ACB6 #B6AFAC

split-complementary

#AEB6AC #AFACB6 #B6ACB3

monochromatic

#6F7B6C #8E998B #AEB6AC #CED3CD #EEEFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEB6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#AEB6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6AC

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6AC	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.017 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbc4',
    500: '#aeb6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6ac;
$custom-light: #c6cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 6.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76704,
    "c": 0.0166,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6AC

secondary

#E0DDE0

accent

#559084

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6AC

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

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