#AEAEA5#AEAEA5

#AEAEA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.013 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEA5
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -1.65, 4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 4.90, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0036 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.013 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3822, 41.9875, 41.6197)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEA5 #A5A5AE

analogous

#AEAAA5 #AEAEA5 #AAAEA5

triadic

#AEAEA5 #A5AEAE #AEA5AE

tetradic

#AEAEA5 #A5AEAA #A5A5AE #AEA5AA

square

#AEAEA5 #A5AEAA #A5A5AE #AEA5AA

split-complementary

#AEAEA5 #A5AAAE #AAA5AE

monochromatic

#727267 #919185 #AEAEA5 #CBCBC5 #E8E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEAEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#AEAEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEA5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEA5	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)

#B0ADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.013 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6bf',
    500: '#aeaea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaea5;
$custom-light: #c6c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74822,
    "c": 0.01265,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEA5

secondary

#D6D6D9

accent

#568F56

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEA5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →