#AEB6B8#AEB6B8

#AEB6B8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.009 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6B8
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 184)
HSL	hsl(192, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(192, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -2.39, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 3.11, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0078 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.009 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8335, 45.9149, 51.9439)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6B8 #B8B0AE

analogous

#AEB8B5 #AEB6B8 #AEB1B8

triadic

#AEB6B8 #B8AEB6 #B6B8AE

tetradic

#AEB6B8 #B5AEB8 #B8B0AE #B1B8AE

square

#AEB6B8 #B5AEB8 #B8B0AE #B1B8AE

split-complementary

#AEB6B8 #B8AEB1 #B8B5AE

monochromatic

#6E7A7E #8D999B #AEB6B8 #CFD3D5 #EFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#AEB6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6B8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6B8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.009 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbcd',
    500: '#aeb6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6b8;
$custom-light: #c6cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.00943,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6B8

secondary

#E2E0E0

accent

#615590

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6B8

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

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