#AEA4AE#AEA4AE

#AEA4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.018 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4AE
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 5.46, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 6.69, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.015 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.018 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3699, 38.6058, 45.4665)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4AE #A4AEA4

analogous

#A9A4AE #AEA4AE #AEA4A9

triadic

#AEA4AE #AEAEA4 #A4AEAE

tetradic

#AEA4AE #AEA9A4 #A4AEA4 #A4A9AE

square

#AEA4AE #AEA9A4 #A4AEA4 #A4A9AE

split-complementary

#AEA4AE #A9AEA4 #A4AEA9

monochromatic

#726672 #918491 #AEA4AE #CBC4CB #E8E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AEA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4AE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4AE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.018 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc6',
    500: '#aea4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4ae;
$custom-light: #c6bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7302,
    "c": 0.01816,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4AE

secondary

#D5D9D5

accent

#905656

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4AE

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

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