#AEADAF#AEADAF

#AEADAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.003 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEADAF
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 175)
HSL	hsl(270, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 0.73, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 1.16, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0019 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.003 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1357, 41.9810, 46.5378)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEADAF #AEAFAD

analogous

#ADADAF #AEADAF #AFADAF

triadic

#AEADAF #AFAEAD #ADAFAE

tetradic

#AEADAF #AFADAD #AEAFAD #ADAFAF

square

#AEADAF #AFADAD #AEAFAD #ADAFAF

split-complementary

#AEADAF #AFAFAD #ADAFAD

monochromatic

#716F72 #8F8E91 #AEADAF #CDCCCD #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEADAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#AEADAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEADAF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEADAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEADAF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeadaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.003 308.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeadaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.235,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.00303,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEADAF

secondary

#DCDCDC

accent

#8B5B73

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEADAF

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

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