#AEADAD#AEADAD

#AEADAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.001 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEADAD
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 173)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 0.35, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 0.38, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0011 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.001 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9407, 41.9030, 45.5110)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEADAD #ADAEAE

analogous

#AEADAD #AEADAD #AEADAD

triadic

#AEADAD #ADAEAD #ADADAE

tetradic

#AEADAD #ADAEAD #ADAEAE #ADADAE

square

#AEADAD #ADAEAD #ADAEAE #ADADAE

split-complementary

#AEADAD #ADAEAD #ADADAE

monochromatic

#717070 #908E8E #AEADAD #CCCCCC #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEADAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEADAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEADAD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEADAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEADAD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeadad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.001 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5c5',
    500: '#aeadad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeadad;
$custom-light: #c6c5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeadad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.613,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74844,
    "c": 0.00114,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEADAD

secondary

#DBDCDC

accent

#8A8A5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEADAD

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

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