#AEA3A2#AEA3A2

#AEA3A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.013 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3A2
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 162)
HSL	hsl(5, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(5, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 3.80, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 4.27, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0118 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.013 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0736, 37.8021, 39.5189)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3A2 #A2ADAE

analogous

#AEA2A7 #AEA3A2 #AEA9A2

triadic

#AEA3A2 #A2AEA3 #A3A2AE

tetradic

#AEA3A2 #A7AEA2 #A2ADAE #A9A2AE

square

#AEA3A2 #A7AEA2 #A2ADAE #A9A2AE

split-complementary

#AEA3A2 #A2AEA9 #A2A7AE

monochromatic

#726563 #928381 #AEA3A2 #CAC3C3 #E7E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AEA3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3A2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3A2	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.013 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bebd',
    500: '#aea3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3a2;
$custom-light: #c6bebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.01291,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3A2

secondary

#D4D8D8

accent

#8C9155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3A2

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

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