#AEADAE#AEADAE

#AEADAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.002 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEADAE
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 0.54, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 0.67, 324.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0015 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.002 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0379, 41.9418, 46.0225)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEADAE #ADAEAD

analogous

#ADADAE #AEADAE #AEADAD

triadic

#AEADAE #AEAEAD #ADAEAE

tetradic

#AEADAE #AEADAD #ADAEAD #ADADAE

square

#AEADAE #AEADAD #ADAEAD #ADADAE

split-complementary

#AEADAE #ADAEAD #ADAEAD

monochromatic

#717071 #908E90 #AEADAE #CCCCCC #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEADAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#AEADAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEADAE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEADAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEADAE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeadae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.002 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5c6',
    500: '#aeadae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeadae;
$custom-light: #c6c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeadae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.613,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74874,
    "c": 0.00181,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEADAE

secondary

#DBDCDB

accent

#8A5B5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEADAE

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

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