#AEA2A3#AEA2A3

#AEA2A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.014 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2A3
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 163)
HSL	hsl(355, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(355, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 4.53, 1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 4.64, 13.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0138 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.014 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9860, 37.4841, 39.9300)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2A3 #A2AEAD

analogous

#AEA2A9 #AEA2A3 #AEA7A2

triadic

#AEA2A3 #A3AEA2 #A2A3AE

tetradic

#AEA2A3 #A9AEA2 #A2AEAD #A7A2AE

square

#AEA2A3 #A9AEA2 #A2AEAD #A7A2AE

split-complementary

#AEA2A3 #A2AEA7 #A2A9AE

monochromatic

#726365 #928183 #AEA2A3 #CAC3C3 #E7E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2A3

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2A3	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.014 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdbe',
    500: '#aea2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2a3;
$custom-light: #c6bdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72274,
    "c": 0.01404,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2A3

secondary

#D4D8D8

accent

#918C55

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2A3

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

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