#AEAAA9#AEAAA9

#AEAAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.005 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA9
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(12, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(12, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 1.24, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 1.61, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.004 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.005 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9907, 40.6129, 43.3134)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA9 #A9ADAE

analogous

#AEA9AB #AEAAA9 #AEADA9

triadic

#AEAAA9 #A9AEAA #AAA9AE

tetradic

#AEAAA9 #ABAEA9 #A9ADAE #ADA9AE

square

#AEAAA9 #ABAEA9 #A9ADAE #ADA9AE

split-complementary

#AEAAA9 #A9AEAD #A9ABAE

monochromatic

#726C6B #908B89 #AEAAA9 #CCC9C9 #E9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AEAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA9

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA9	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.005 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c2',
    500: '#aeaaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa9;
$custom-light: #c6c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.00482,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA9

secondary

#D9DADA

accent

#828D59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA9

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

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