#AEA9AA#AEA9AA

#AEA9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.006 H 3.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9AA
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(348, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(348, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 1.97, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 1.97, 3.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0059 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.006 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8982, 40.2771, 43.7475)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9AA #A9AEAD

analogous

#AEA9AD #AEA9AA #AEABA9

triadic

#AEA9AA #AAAEA9 #A9AAAE

tetradic

#AEA9AA #ADAEA9 #A9AEAD #ABA9AE

square

#AEA9AA #ADAEA9 #A9AEAD #ABA9AE

split-complementary

#AEA9AA #A9AEAB #A9ADAE

monochromatic

#726B6C #90898B #AEA9AA #CCC9C9 #E9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AEA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9AA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9AA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.006 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2c3',
    500: '#aea9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9aa;
$custom-light: #c6c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73925,
    "c": 0.0059,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9AA

secondary

#D9DADA

accent

#8D8259

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9AA

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

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