#AEA4AC#AEA4AC

#AEA4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.016 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4AC
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(312, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(312, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 5.08, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 5.82, 330.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0142 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.016 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1763, 38.5284, 44.4473)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4AC #A4AEA6

analogous

#ABA4AE #AEA4AC #AEA4A7

triadic

#AEA4AC #ACAEA4 #A4ACAE

tetradic

#AEA4AC #AEABA4 #A4AEA6 #A4A7AE

square

#AEA4AC #AEABA4 #A4AEA6 #A4A7AE

split-complementary

#AEA4AC #A7AEA4 #A4AEAB

monochromatic

#726670 #91848E #AEA4AC #CBC4CA #E8E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AEA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4AC

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4AC	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.016 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc4',
    500: '#aea4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4ac;
$custom-light: #c6bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72957,
    "c": 0.01608,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4AC

secondary

#D5D9D6

accent

#906156

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4AC

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

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