#AEACA2#AEACA2

#AEACA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACA2
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 162)
HSL	hsl(50, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -1.11, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 5.50, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0019 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7288, 41.1126, 40.0707)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACA2 #A2A4AE

analogous

#AEA6A2 #AEACA2 #AAAEA2

triadic

#AEACA2 #A2AEAC #ACA2AE

tetradic

#AEACA2 #A2AEA6 #A2A4AE #AEA2AA

square

#AEACA2 #A2AEA6 #A2A4AE #AEA2AA

split-complementary

#AEACA2 #A2AAAE #A6A2AE

monochromatic

#727063 #928F81 #AEACA2 #CAC9C3 #E7E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEACA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEACA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACA2

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACA2	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4bd',
    500: '#aeaca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaca2;
$custom-light: #c6c4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.01427,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACA2

secondary

#D4D5D8

accent

#5F9155

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACA2

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

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