#AEAAA1#AEAAA1

#AEAAA1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.014 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA1
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 161)
HSL	hsl(42, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 7.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -0.20, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 5.14, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0007 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.014 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2625, 40.3216, 39.4784)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA1 #A1A5AE

analogous

#AEA3A1 #AEAAA1 #ABAEA1

triadic

#AEAAA1 #A1AEAA #AAA1AE

tetradic

#AEAAA1 #A1AEA3 #A1A5AE #AEA1AB

square

#AEAAA1 #A1AEA3 #A1A5AE #AEA1AB

split-complementary

#AEAAA1 #A1ABAE #A3A1AE

monochromatic

#726D62 #928C80 #AEAAA1 #CAC8C2 #E7E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AEAAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA1

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA1	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)

#ACAAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.014 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3bc',
    500: '#aeaaa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa1;
$custom-light: #c6c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 7.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73872,
    "c": 0.01352,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA1

secondary

#D3D5D8

accent

#679154

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA1

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

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