#A2AEAE#A2AEAE

#A2AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.013 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2AEAE
RGB	rgb(162, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -4.19, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 4.43, 199.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0129 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.013 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6747, 41.0090, 45.9669)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2AEAE #AEA2A2

analogous

#A2AEA8 #A2AEAE #A2A8AE

triadic

#A2AEAE #AEA2AE #AEAEA2

tetradic

#A2AEAE #A8A2AE #AEA2A2 #A8AEA2

square

#A2AEAE #A8A2AE #AEA2A2 #A8AEA2

split-complementary

#A2AEAE #AEA2A8 #AEA8A2

monochromatic

#637272 #819292 #A2AEAE #C3CACA #E3E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A2AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#A2AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2AEAE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2AEAE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.013 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc6c6',
    500: '#a2aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2aeae;
$custom-light: #bdc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.01349,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2AEAE

secondary

#D8D4D4

accent

#555591

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2AEAE

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

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