#AEB6B4#AEB6B4

#AEB6B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6B4
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 180)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(165, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -3.17, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 3.17, 179.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0094 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4201, 45.7496, 49.7669)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6B4 #B6AEB0

analogous

#AEB6B0 #AEB6B4 #AEB4B6

triadic

#AEB6B4 #B4AEB6 #B6B4AE

tetradic

#AEB6B4 #B0AEB6 #B6AEB0 #B4B6AE

square

#AEB6B4 #B0AEB6 #B6AEB0 #B4B6AE

split-complementary

#AEB6B4 #B6AEB4 #B6B0AE

monochromatic

#6F7B78 #8E9996 #AEB6B4 #CED3D2 #EEF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#AEB6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6B4

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6B4	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbca',
    500: '#aeb6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6b4;
$custom-light: #c6cbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76935,
    "c": 0.00937,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6B4

secondary

#E1DFDF

accent

#56658F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6B4

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

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