#AEACA5#AEACA5

#AEACA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.010 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACA5
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 165)
HSL	hsl(47, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -0.57, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 3.89, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0006 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.01 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9987, 41.2205, 41.4919)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACA5 #A5A7AE

analogous

#AEA8A5 #AEACA5 #ACAEA5

triadic

#AEACA5 #A5AEAC #ACA5AE

tetradic

#AEACA5 #A5AEA8 #A5A7AE #AEA5AC

square

#AEACA5 #A5AEA8 #A5A7AE #AEA5AC

split-complementary

#AEACA5 #A5ACAE #A8A5AE

monochromatic

#726F67 #918E85 #AEACA5 #CBCAC5 #E8E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEACA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AEACA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACA5

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACA5	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)

#AEACA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.010 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4bf',
    500: '#aeaca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaca5;
$custom-light: #c6c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74403,
    "c": 0.01015,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACA5

secondary

#D6D7D9

accent

#638F56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACA5

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

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