#AEA2AE#AEA2AE

#AEA2AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.022 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2AE
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 6.56, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 8.03, 324.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0181 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.022 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0147, 37.8956, 45.3481)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2AE #A2AEA2

analogous

#A8A2AE #AEA2AE #AEA2A8

triadic

#AEA2AE #AEAEA2 #A2AEAE

tetradic

#AEA2AE #AEA8A2 #A2AEA2 #A2A8AE

square

#AEA2AE #AEA8A2 #A2AEA2 #A2A8AE

split-complementary

#AEA2AE #A8AEA2 #A2AEA8

monochromatic

#726372 #928192 #AEA2AE #CAC3CA #E7E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AEA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2AE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2AE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.022 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdc6',
    500: '#aea2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2ae;
$custom-light: #c6bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72613,
    "c": 0.02183,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2AE

secondary

#D4D8D4

accent

#915555

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2AE

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

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