#AEAAAA#AEAAAA

#AEAAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.005 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAAA
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 1.43, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 1.51, 19.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.005 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0849, 40.6506, 43.8097)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAAA #AAAEAE

analogous

#AEAAAC #AEAAAA #AEACAA

triadic

#AEAAAA #AAAEAA #AAAAAE

tetradic

#AEAAAA #ACAEAA #AAAEAE #ACAAAE

square

#AEAAAA #ACAEAA #AAAEAE #ACAAAE

split-complementary

#AEAAAA #AAAEAC #AAACAE

monochromatic

#716C6C #908B8B #AEAAAA #CCC9C9 #EAE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AEAAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAAA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAAA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.005 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c3',
    500: '#aeaaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaaa;
$custom-light: #c6c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.00459,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAAA

secondary

#D9DBDB

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAAA

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

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