#AEAAA5#AEAAA5

#AEAAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.008 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA5
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(33, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 0.51, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 3.12, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0024 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.008 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6209, 40.4650, 41.3659)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA5 #A5A9AE

analogous

#AEA6A5 #AEAAA5 #AEAEA5

triadic

#AEAAA5 #A5AEAA #AAA5AE

tetradic

#AEAAA5 #A5AEA6 #A5A9AE #AEA5AE

square

#AEAAA5 #A5AEA6 #A5A9AE #AEA5AE

split-complementary

#AEAAA5 #A5AEAE #A6A5AE

monochromatic

#726D67 #918C85 #AEAAA5 #CBC8C5 #E8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AEAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA5	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)

#ACAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.008 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3bf',
    500: '#aeaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa5;
$custom-light: #c6c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.00847,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA5

secondary

#D6D7D9

accent

#708F56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA5

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

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