#AEAAA4#AEAAA4

#AEAAA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.010 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA4
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(36, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 0.33, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 3.61, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.002 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.01 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5302, 40.4287, 40.8885)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA4 #A4A8AE

analogous

#AEA5A4 #AEAAA4 #ADAEA4

triadic

#AEAAA4 #A4AEAA #AAA4AE

tetradic

#AEAAA4 #A4AEA5 #A4A8AE #AEA4AD

square

#AEAAA4 #A4AEA5 #A4A8AE #AEA4AD

split-complementary

#AEAAA4 #A4ADAE #A5A4AE

monochromatic

#726D66 #918C84 #AEAAA4 #CBC8C4 #E8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AEAAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.010 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3bf',
    500: '#aeaaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa4;
$custom-light: #c6c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73957,
    "c": 0.00967,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA4

secondary

#D5D7D9

accent

#6D9056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA4

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

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