#AEB6B6#AEB6B6

#AEB6B6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6B6
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 182)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -2.78, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 2.94, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0086 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(42.6254, 45.8316, 50.8476)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6B6 #B6AEAE

analogous

#AEB6B2 #AEB6B6 #AEB2B6

triadic

#AEB6B6 #B6AEB6 #B6B6AE

tetradic

#AEB6B6 #B2AEB6 #B6AEAE #B2B6AE

square

#AEB6B6 #B2AEB6 #B6AEAE #B2B6AE

split-complementary

#AEB6B6 #B6AEB2 #B6B2AE

monochromatic

#6F7B7B #8E9999 #AEB6B6 #CED3D3 #EEF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#AEB6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6B6

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6B6	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbcb',
    500: '#aeb6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6b6;
$custom-light: #c6cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.195,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76995,
    "c": 0.00896,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.45832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6B6

secondary

#E1DFDF

accent

#56568F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6B6

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

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