#AEA5AE#AEA5AE

#AEA5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.016 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5AE
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 4.91, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 6.02, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0135 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.016 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5495, 38.9652, 45.5264)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5AE #A5AEA5

analogous

#AAA5AE #AEA5AE #AEA5AA

triadic

#AEA5AE #AEAEA5 #A5AEAE

tetradic

#AEA5AE #AEAAA5 #A5AEA5 #A5AAAE

square

#AEA5AE #AEAAA5 #A5AEA5 #A5AAAE

split-complementary

#AEA5AE #AAAEA5 #A5AEAA

monochromatic

#726772 #918591 #AEA5AE #CBC5CB #E8E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5AE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5AE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.016 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc6',
    500: '#aea5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5ae;
$custom-light: #c6bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.01633,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5AE

secondary

#D6D9D6

accent

#8F5656

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5AE

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

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