#AEAAAD#AEAAAD

#AEAAAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.006 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAAD
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 173)
HSL	hsl(315, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(315, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 1.98, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 2.24, 332.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0056 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.006 334)
XYZ	xyz(39.3719, 40.7654, 45.3214)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAAD #AAAEAB

analogous

#ADAAAE #AEAAAD #AEAAAB

triadic

#AEAAAD #ADAEAA #AAADAE

tetradic

#AEAAAD #AEADAA #AAAEAB #AAABAE

square

#AEAAAD #AEADAA #AAAEAB #AAABAE

split-complementary

#AEAAAD #ABAEAA #AAAEAD

monochromatic

#716C70 #908B8F #AEAAAD #CCC9CB #EAE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEAAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AEAAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAAD

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAAD	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.006 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c5',
    500: '#aeaaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaad;
$custom-light: #c6c3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74222,
    "c": 0.00621,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.40765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAAD

secondary

#D9DBDA

accent

#8C6659

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAAD

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

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