#AEADAB#AEADAB

#AEADAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.003 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEADAB
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 171)
HSL	hsl(40, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(40, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -0.02, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 1.15, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0003 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.003 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7487, 41.8262, 44.4994)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEADAB #ABACAE

analogous

#AEABAB #AEADAB #ADAEAB

triadic

#AEADAB #ABAEAD #ADABAE

tetradic

#AEADAB #ABAEAB #ABACAE #AEABAD

square

#AEADAB #ABAEAB #ABACAE #AEABAD

split-complementary

#AEADAB #ABADAE #ABABAE

monochromatic

#71706D #908F8C #AEADAB #CCCBCA #EAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEADAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AEADAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEADAB

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEADAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEADAB	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeadab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.003 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5c4',
    500: '#aeadab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeadab;
$custom-light: #c6c5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeadab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.00305,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEADAB

secondary

#DADADB

accent

#6A8C5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEADAB

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

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