#AEAAA3#AEAAA3

#AEAAA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.011 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA3
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(38, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 0.15, 4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 4.11, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0016 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.011 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4403, 40.3927, 40.4147)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA3 #A3A7AE

analogous

#AEA4A3 #AEAAA3 #ACAEA3

triadic

#AEAAA3 #A3AEAA #AAA3AE

tetradic

#AEAAA3 #A3AEA4 #A3A7AE #AEA3AC

square

#AEAAA3 #A3AEA4 #A3A7AE #AEA3AC

split-complementary

#AEAAA3 #A3ACAE #A4A3AE

monochromatic

#726D64 #918C82 #AEAAA3 #CBC8C4 #E7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AEAAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA3

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA3	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.011 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3be',
    500: '#aeaaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa3;
$custom-light: #c6c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 6.358,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.01093,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA3

secondary

#D5D6D8

accent

#6B9055

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA3

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

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