#AEB8B2#AEB8B2

#AEB8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.014 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8B2
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(144, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(144, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -4.61, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 4.97, 158.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0131 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.014 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6304, 46.4937, 48.8391)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8B2 #B8AEB4

analogous

#AFB8AE #AEB8B2 #AEB8B7

triadic

#AEB8B2 #B2AEB8 #B8B2AE

tetradic

#AEB8B2 #AEAFB8 #B8AEB4 #B8B7AE

square

#AEB8B2 #AEAFB8 #B8AEB4 #B8B7AE

split-complementary

#AEB8B2 #B7AEB8 #B8AEAF

monochromatic

#6E7E74 #8D9B93 #AEB8B2 #CFD5D1 #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#AEB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8B2

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8B2	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.014 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdc9',
    500: '#aeb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8b2;
$custom-light: #c6cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77298,
    "c": 0.01394,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8B2

secondary

#E2E0E1

accent

#557990

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8B2

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

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