#AEAAA2#AEAAA2

#AEAAA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.012 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA2
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 162)
HSL	hsl(40, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -0.02, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 4.62, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0012 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.012 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3510, 40.3570, 39.9447)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA2 #A2A6AE

analogous

#AEA4A2 #AEAAA2 #ACAEA2

triadic

#AEAAA2 #A2AEAA #AAA2AE

tetradic

#AEAAA2 #A2AEA4 #A2A6AE #AEA2AC

square

#AEAAA2 #A2AEA4 #A2A6AE #AEA2AC

split-complementary

#AEAAA2 #A2ACAE #A4A2AE

monochromatic

#726D63 #928C81 #AEAAA2 #CAC8C3 #E7E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEAAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA2

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA2	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.012 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3bd',
    500: '#aeaaa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa2;
$custom-light: #c6c3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.739,
    "c": 0.01221,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA2

secondary

#D4D5D8

accent

#699155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA2

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

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