#AEA2A4#AEA2A4

#AEA2A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.014 H 6.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2A4
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 164)
HSL	hsl(350, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(350, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 4.71, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 4.74, 6.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0142 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.014 6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0759, 37.5201, 40.4037)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2A4 #A2AEAC

analogous

#AEA2AA #AEA2A4 #AEA6A2

triadic

#AEA2A4 #A4AEA2 #A2A4AE

tetradic

#AEA2A4 #AAAEA2 #A2AEAC #A6A2AE

square

#AEA2A4 #AAAEA2 #A2AEAC #A6A2AE

split-complementary

#AEA2A4 #A2AEA6 #A2AAAE

monochromatic

#726366 #928184 #AEA2A4 #CAC3C4 #E7E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA2A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA2A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2A4

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2A4	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)

#A3A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.014 6.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdbf',
    500: '#aea2a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2a4;
$custom-light: #c6bdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.01423,
    "h": 6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2A4

secondary

#D4D8D7

accent

#918755

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2A4

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

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