#AEAAA8#AEAAA8

#AEAAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.005 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA8
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(20, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 1.06, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 1.86, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0036 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.005 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8971, 40.5755, 42.8209)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA8 #A8ACAE

analogous

#AEA8A9 #AEAAA8 #AEADA8

triadic

#AEAAA8 #A8AEAA #AAA8AE

tetradic

#AEAAA8 #A9AEA8 #A8ACAE #ADA8AE

square

#AEAAA8 #A9AEA8 #A8ACAE #ADA8AE

split-complementary

#AEAAA8 #A8AEAD #A8A9AE

monochromatic

#726C6A #908B88 #AEAAA8 #CCC9C8 #E9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AEAAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA8

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA8	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.005 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c1',
    500: '#aeaaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa8;
$custom-light: #c6c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.00542,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA8

secondary

#D8D9DA

accent

#7C8D58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA8

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

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