#AEAEA6#AEAEA6

#AEAEA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.011 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEA6
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -1.47, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 4.36, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0032 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.011 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4735, 42.0241, 42.1009)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEA6 #A6A6AE

analogous

#AEAAA6 #AEAEA6 #AAAEA6

triadic

#AEAEA6 #A6AEAE #AEA6AE

tetradic

#AEAEA6 #A6AEAA #A6A6AE #AEA6AA

square

#AEAEA6 #A6AEAA #A6A6AE #AEA6AA

split-complementary

#AEAEA6 #A6AAAE #AAA6AE

monochromatic

#727268 #919186 #AEAEA6 #CBCBC6 #E8E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEAEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#AEAEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEA6

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEA6	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)

#B0ADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.011 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c0',
    500: '#aeaea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaea6;
$custom-light: #c6c6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7485,
    "c": 0.01125,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEA6

secondary

#D7D7D9

accent

#578F57

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEA6

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

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