#AEACA4#AEACA4

#AEACA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.012 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACA4
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 164)
HSL	hsl(48, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -0.75, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 4.42, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.001 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.012 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9080, 41.1842, 41.0144)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACA4 #A4A6AE

analogous

#AEA7A4 #AEACA4 #ABAEA4

triadic

#AEACA4 #A4AEAC #ACA4AE

tetradic

#AEACA4 #A4AEA7 #A4A6AE #AEA4AB

square

#AEACA4 #A4AEA7 #A4A6AE #AEA4AB

split-complementary

#AEACA4 #A4ABAE #A7A4AE

monochromatic

#727066 #918E84 #AEACA4 #CBCAC4 #E8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEACA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEACA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACA4

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACA4	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.012 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4bf',
    500: '#aeaca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaca4;
$custom-light: #c6c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.01152,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACA4

secondary

#D5D6D9

accent

#619056

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACA4

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

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