#AEB8AE#AEB8AE

#AEB8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.018 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8AE
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -5.36, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 6.62, 144.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0147 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.018 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2346, 46.3354, 46.7548)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8AE #B8AEB8

analogous

#B3B8AE #AEB8AE #AEB8B3

triadic

#AEB8AE #AEAEB8 #B8AEAE

tetradic

#AEB8AE #AEB3B8 #B8AEB8 #B8B3AE

square

#AEB8AE #AEB3B8 #B8AEB8 #B8B3AE

split-complementary

#AEB8AE #B3AEB8 #B8AEB3

monochromatic

#6E7E6E #8D9B8D #AEB8AE #CFD5CF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#AEB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8AE

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8AE	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.018 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdc6',
    500: '#aeb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8ae;
$custom-light: #c6cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.01787,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8AE

secondary

#E2E0E2

accent

#559090

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8AE

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

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