#AEA3AC#AEA3AC

#AEA3AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.018 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3AC
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(311, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(311, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 5.63, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 6.49, 330.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0158 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.018 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9981, 38.1719, 44.3879)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3AC #A3AEA5

analogous

#AAA3AE #AEA3AC #AEA3A6

triadic

#AEA3AC #ACAEA3 #A3ACAE

tetradic

#AEA3AC #AEAAA3 #A3AEA5 #A3A6AE

square

#AEA3AC #AEAAA3 #A3AEA5 #A3A6AE

split-complementary

#AEA3AC #A6AEA3 #A3AEAA

monochromatic

#726470 #91828F #AEA3AC #CBC4C9 #E7E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3AC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3AC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.018 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bec4',
    500: '#aea3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3ac;
$custom-light: #c6bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.909,
    "s": 6.358,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.0179,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3AC

secondary

#D5D8D5

accent

#906055

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3AC

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

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