#AEACA8#AEACA8

#AEACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACA8
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -0.03, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 2.30, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0006 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2749, 41.3310, 42.9468)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACA8 #A8AAAE

analogous

#AEA9A8 #AEACA8 #ADAEA8

triadic

#AEACA8 #A8AEAC #ACA8AE

tetradic

#AEACA8 #A8AEA9 #A8AAAE #AEA8AD

square

#AEACA8 #A8AEA9 #A8AAAE #AEA8AD

split-complementary

#AEACA8 #A8ADAE #A9A8AE

monochromatic

#726F6A #908E88 #AEACA8 #CCCAC8 #E9E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AEACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACA8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACA8	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c1',
    500: '#aeaca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaca8;
$custom-light: #c6c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74489,
    "c": 0.00612,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACA8

secondary

#D8D9DA

accent

#6A8D58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACA8

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

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