#AEADA9#AEADA9

#AEADA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.006 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEADA9
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 169)
HSL	hsl(48, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -0.39, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 2.21, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0005 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.006 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5595, 41.7505, 43.5030)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEADA9 #A9AAAE

analogous

#AEABA9 #AEADA9 #ADAEA9

triadic

#AEADA9 #A9AEAD #ADA9AE

tetradic

#AEADA9 #A9AEAB #A9AAAE #AEA9AD

square

#AEADA9 #A9AEAB #A9AAAE #AEA9AD

split-complementary

#AEADA9 #A9ADAE #ABA9AE

monochromatic

#72706B #908F89 #AEADA9 #CCCBC9 #E9E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEADA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#AEADA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEADA9

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEADA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEADA9	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeada9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.006 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5c2',
    500: '#aeada9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeada9;
$custom-light: #c6c5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeada9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74727,
    "c": 0.00576,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEADA9

secondary

#D9D9DA

accent

#638D59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEADA9

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

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