#AEA4AF#AEA4AF

#AEA4AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.019 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4AF
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(295, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(295, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 5.65, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 7.15, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0154 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.019 323)
XYZ	xyz(38.4677, 38.6450, 45.9818)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4AF #A5AFA4

analogous

#A9A4AF #AEA4AF #AFA4AB

triadic

#AEA4AF #AFAEA4 #A4AFAE

tetradic

#AEA4AF #AFA9A4 #A5AFA4 #A4ABAF

square

#AEA4AF #AFA9A4 #A5AFA4 #A4ABAF

split-complementary

#AEA4AF #ABAFA4 #A4AFA9

monochromatic

#726573 #918392 #AEA4AF #CBC5CC #E8E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AEA4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4AF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4AF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.019 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc6',
    500: '#aea4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4af;
$custom-light: #c6bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 6.433,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73052,
    "c": 0.01928,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4AF

secondary

#D6D9D6

accent

#90555B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4AF

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

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