#AEA2A2#AEA2A2

#AEA2A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2A2
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 4.35, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 4.62, 19.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0134 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8967, 37.4484, 39.4600)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2A2 #A2AEAE

analogous

#AEA2A8 #AEA2A2 #AEA8A2

triadic

#AEA2A2 #A2AEA2 #A2A2AE

tetradic

#AEA2A2 #A8AEA2 #A2AEAE #A8A2AE

square

#AEA2A2 #A8AEA2 #A2AEAE #A8A2AE

split-complementary

#AEA2A2 #A2AEA8 #A2A8AE

monochromatic

#726363 #928181 #AEA2A2 #CAC3C3 #E7E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AEA2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2A2

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2A2	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdbd',
    500: '#aea2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2a2;
$custom-light: #c6bdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.014,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2A2

secondary

#D4D8D8

accent

#919155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2A2

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

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