#AEAAA6#AEAAA6

#AEAAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA6
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(30, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 0.69, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 2.66, 74.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0028 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.007 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7123, 40.5015, 41.8472)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA6 #A6AAAE

analogous

#AEA6A6 #AEAAA6 #AEAEA6

triadic

#AEAAA6 #A6AEAA #AAA6AE

tetradic

#AEAAA6 #A6AEA6 #A6AAAE #AEA6AE

square

#AEAAA6 #A6AEA6 #A6AAAE #AEA6AE

split-complementary

#AEAAA6 #A6AEAE #A6A6AE

monochromatic

#726D68 #918B86 #AEAAA6 #CBC9C6 #E8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEAAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#AEAAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c0',
    500: '#aeaaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa6;
$custom-light: #c6c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74015,
    "c": 0.00733,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA6

secondary

#D7D8D9

accent

#738F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA6

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

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