#AEACAC#AEACAC

#AEACAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.002 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACAC
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 0.71, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 0.75, 19.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0022 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.002 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6533, 41.4824, 44.9396)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACAC #ACAEAE

analogous

#AEACAD #AEACAC #AEADAC

triadic

#AEACAC #ACAEAC #ACACAE

tetradic

#AEACAC #ADAEAC #ACAEAE #ADACAE

square

#AEACAC #ADAEAC #ACAEAE #ADACAE

split-complementary

#AEACAC #ACAEAD #ACADAE

monochromatic

#716E6E #908D8D #AEACAC #CCCBCB #EAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AEACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACAC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACAC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.002 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c4',
    500: '#aeacac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacac;
$custom-light: #c6c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.22,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.00228,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACAC

secondary

#DBDBDB

accent

#8B8B5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACAC

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

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