#AEA4AA#AEA4AA

#AEA4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.014 H 340.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4AA
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(324, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(324, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 4.71, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 5.04, 339.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0135 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.014 340.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9857, 38.4522, 43.4433)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4AA #A4AEA8

analogous

#ADA4AE #AEA4AA #AEA4A5

triadic

#AEA4AA #AAAEA4 #A4AAAE

tetradic

#AEA4AA #AEADA4 #A4AEA8 #A4A5AE

square

#AEA4AA #AEADA4 #A4AEA8 #A4A5AE

split-complementary

#AEA4AA #A5AEA4 #A4AEAD

monochromatic

#72666D #91848C #AEA4AA #CBC4C8 #E8E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEA4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AEA4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4AA

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4AA	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.014 340.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc3',
    500: '#aea4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4aa;
$custom-light: #c6bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72895,
    "c": 0.01426,
    "h": 340.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4AA

secondary

#D5D9D7

accent

#906D56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4AA

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

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