#AEAAAE#AEAAAE

#AEAAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.007 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAAE
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 2.17, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 2.67, 324.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.006 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.007 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4690, 40.8042, 45.8329)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAAE #AAAEAA

analogous

#ACAAAE #AEAAAE #AEAAAC

triadic

#AEAAAE #AEAEAA #AAAEAE

tetradic

#AEAAAE #AEACAA #AAAEAA #AAACAE

square

#AEAAAE #AEACAA #AAAEAA #AAACAE

split-complementary

#AEAAAE #ACAEAA #AAAEAC

monochromatic

#716C71 #908B90 #AEAAAE #CCC9CC #EAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEAAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AEAAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAAE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAAE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.007 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3c6',
    500: '#aeaaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaae;
$custom-light: #c6c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.00723,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAAE

secondary

#D9DBD9

accent

#8C5959

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAAE

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

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