#AEA3AF#AEA3AF

#AEA3AF is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.021 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3AF
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(295, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(295, 7%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 6.20, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 7.82, 322.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0169 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.021 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2894, 38.2885, 45.9224)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3AF #A4AFA3

analogous

#A8A3AF #AEA3AF #AFA3AA

triadic

#AEA3AF #AFAEA3 #A3AFAE

tetradic

#AEA3AF #AFA8A3 #A4AFA3 #A3AAAF

square

#AEA3AF #AFA8A3 #A4AFA3 #A3AAAF

split-complementary

#AEA3AF #AAAFA3 #A3AFA8

monochromatic

#726473 #918293 #AEA3AF #CBC4CB #E8E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEA3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3AF

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3AF	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.021 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bec6',
    500: '#aea3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3af;
$custom-light: #c6bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.0211,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3AF

secondary

#D5D9D5

accent

#91555A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3AF

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

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