#AEACAA#AEACAA

#AEACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.004 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACAA
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 0.34, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 1.32, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0014 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.004 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4627, 41.4061, 43.9356)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACAA #AAACAE

analogous

#AEAAAA #AEACAA #AEAEAA

triadic

#AEACAA #AAAEAC #ACAAAE

tetradic

#AEACAA #AAAEAA #AAACAE #AEAAAE

square

#AEACAA #AAAEAA #AAACAE #AEAAAE

split-complementary

#AEACAA #AAAEAE #AAAAAE

monochromatic

#716F6C #908D8B #AEACAA #CCCBC9 #EAE9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#AEACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACAA

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACAA	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.004 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c3',
    500: '#aeacaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacaa;
$custom-light: #c6c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.00366,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACAA

secondary

#D9DADB

accent

#738C59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACAA

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

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