#AEACAE#AEACAE

#AEACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACAE
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 1.08, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 1.33, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% 0.003 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8468, 41.5598, 45.9588)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACAE #ACAEAC

analogous

#ADACAE #AEACAE #AEACAD

triadic

#AEACAE #AEAEAC #ACAEAE

tetradic

#AEACAE #AEADAC #ACAEAC #ACADAE

square

#AEACAE #AEADAC #ACAEAC #ACADAE

split-complementary

#AEACAE #ADAEAC #ACAEAD

monochromatic

#716E71 #908D90 #AEACAE #CCCBCC #EAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AEACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACAE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACAE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4c6',
    500: '#aeacae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeacae;
$custom-light: #c6c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.22,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.00361,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACAE

secondary

#DBDBDB

accent

#8B5B5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACAE

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

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