#AEB8B6#AEB8B6

#AEB8B6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.011 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8B6
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(168, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(168, 5%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -3.85, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 3.86, 182.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0115 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.011 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0379, 46.6567, 50.9851)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8B6 #B8AEB0

analogous

#AEB8B1 #AEB8B6 #AEB5B8

triadic

#AEB8B6 #B6AEB8 #B8B6AE

tetradic

#AEB8B6 #B1AEB8 #B8AEB0 #B5B8AE

square

#AEB8B6 #B1AEB8 #B8AEB0 #B5B8AE

split-complementary

#AEB8B6 #B8AEB5 #B8B1AE

monochromatic

#6E7E7A #8D9B99 #AEB8B6 #CFD5D3 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AEB8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#AEB8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8B6

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8B6	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.011 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdcb',
    500: '#aeb8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8b6;
$custom-light: #c6cdcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 6.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77415,
    "c": 0.01148,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8B6

secondary

#E2E0E0

accent

#556190

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8B6

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

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