#AEACAF#AEACAF

#AEACAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.005 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEACAF
RGB	rgb(174, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 1.27, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 1.81, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% 0.0034 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.005 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9447, 41.5989, 46.4742)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEACAF #ADAFAC

analogous

#ACACAF #AEACAF #AFACAE

triadic

#AEACAF #AFAEAC #ACAFAE

tetradic

#AEACAF #AFACAC #ADAFAC #ACAEAF

square

#AEACAF #AFACAC #ADAFAC #ACAEAF

split-complementary

#AEACAF #AEAFAC #ACAFAC

monochromatic

#716E72 #908D91 #AEACAF #CCCBCD #EBEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#AEACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEACAF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEACAF	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeacaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.005 314.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeacaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 1.84,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74697,
    "c": 0.00479,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEACAF

secondary

#DBDCDB

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEACAF

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

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