#AAAEAE#AAAEAE

#AAAEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.005 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEAE
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -1.41, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 1.49, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0043 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.005 197)
XYZ	xyz(39.3522, 41.8740, 46.0455)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEAE #AEAAAA

analogous

#AAAEAC #AAAEAE #AAACAE

triadic

#AAAEAE #AEAAAE #AEAEAA

tetradic

#AAAEAE #ACAAAE #AEAAAA #ACAEAA

square

#AAAEAE #ACAAAE #AEAAAA #ACAEAA

split-complementary

#AAAEAE #AEAAAC #AEACAA

monochromatic

#6C7171 #8B9090 #AAAEAE #C9CCCC #E9EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AAAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEAE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEAE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.005 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6c6',
    500: '#aaaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaeae;
$custom-light: #c3c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7476,
    "c": 0.00454,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEAE

secondary

#DBD9D9

accent

#59598C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEAE

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

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