#AEACA3#AEACA3

#AEACA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.013 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACA3
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 163)
HSL	hsl(49, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -0.93, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 4.96, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0014 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.013 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8181, 41.1483, 40.5407)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACA3 #A3A5AE

analogous

#AEA6A3 #AEACA3 #AAAEA3

triadic

#AEACA3 #A3AEAC #ACA3AE

tetradic

#AEACA3 #A3AEA6 #A3A5AE #AEA3AA

square

#AEACA3 #A3AEA6 #A3A5AE #AEA3AA

split-complementary

#AEACA3 #A3AAAE #A6A3AE

monochromatic

#727064 #918F82 #AEACA3 #CBC9C4 #E7E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEACA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEACA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACA3

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACA3	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.013 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4be',
    500: '#aeaca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaca3;
$custom-light: #c6c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 6.358,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.01289,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACA3

secondary

#D5D5D8

accent

#609055

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACA3

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

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