#AEAAAC#AEAAAC

#AEAAAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.005 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAAC
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(330, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(330, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 1.80, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 1.87, 343.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0052 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.005 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2755, 40.7268, 44.8137)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAAC #AAAEAC

analogous

#AEAAAE #AEAAAC #AEAAAA

triadic

#AEAAAC #ACAEAA #AAACAE

tetradic

#AEAAAC #AEAEAA #AAAEAC #AAAAAE

square

#AEAAAC #AEAEAA #AAAEAC #AAAAAE

split-complementary

#AEAAAC #AAAEAA #AAAEAE

monochromatic

#716C6F #908B8D #AEAAAC #CCC9CB #EAE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEAAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AEAAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAAC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAAC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.005 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c4',
    500: '#aeaaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaac;
$custom-light: #c6c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74192,
    "c": 0.00536,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAAC

secondary

#D9DBDA

accent

#8C7359

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAAC

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

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