#AEB6AE#AEB6AE

#AEB6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.014 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6AE
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -4.30, 3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 5.30, 144.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0118 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.014 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8221, 45.5104, 46.6173)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6AE #B6AEB6

analogous

#B2B6AE #AEB6AE #AEB6B2

triadic

#AEB6AE #AEAEB6 #B6AEAE

tetradic

#AEB6AE #AEB2B6 #B6AEB6 #B6B2AE

square

#AEB6AE #AEB2B6 #B6AEB6 #B6B2AE

split-complementary

#AEB6AE #B2AEB6 #B6AEB2

monochromatic

#6F7B6F #8E998E #AEB6AE #CED3CE #EEF0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#AEB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6AE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6AE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.014 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbc6',
    500: '#aeb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6ae;
$custom-light: #c6cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7676,
    "c": 0.01432,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6AE

secondary

#E1DFE1

accent

#568F8F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6AE

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

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