#AEA2AD#AEA2AD

#AEA2AD is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.021 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2AD
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(305, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(305, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 6.37, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 7.59, 327.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0177 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.021 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9176, 37.8568, 44.8366)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2AD #A2AEA3

analogous

#A9A2AE #AEA2AD #AEA2A7

triadic

#AEA2AD #ADAEA2 #A2ADAE

tetradic

#AEA2AD #AEA9A2 #A2AEA3 #A2A7AE

square

#AEA2AD #AEA9A2 #A2AEA3 #A2A7AE

split-complementary

#AEA2AD #A7AEA2 #A2AEA9

monochromatic

#726371 #928190 #AEA2AD #CAC3CA #E7E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AEA2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2AD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2AD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.021 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdc5',
    500: '#aea2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2ad;
$custom-light: #c6bdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.02076,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2AD

secondary

#D4D8D4

accent

#915A55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2AD

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

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