#AEB9AE#AEB9AE

#AEB9AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.020 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9AE
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -5.89, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 7.27, 144.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0162 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.02 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4431, 46.7523, 46.8242)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9AE #B9AEB9

analogous

#B3B9AE #AEB9AE #AEB9B3

triadic

#AEB9AE #AEAEB9 #B9AEAE

tetradic

#AEB9AE #AEB3B9 #B9AEB9 #B9B3AE

square

#AEB9AE #AEB3B9 #B9AEB9 #B9B3AE

split-complementary

#AEB9AE #B3AEB9 #B9AEB3

monochromatic

#6E7F6E #8D9D8D #AEB9AE #CFD5CF #EFF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AEB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#AEB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9AE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9AE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.020 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cec6',
    500: '#aeb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9ae;
$custom-light: #c6cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.285,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77395,
    "c": 0.01963,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9AE

secondary

#E3E0E3

accent

#549191

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9AE

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

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