#AEAEA8#AEAEA8

#AEAEA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEA8
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -1.11, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 3.27, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0024 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6584, 42.0980, 43.0746)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEA8 #A8A8AE

analogous

#AEABA8 #AEAEA8 #ABAEA8

triadic

#AEAEA8 #A8AEAE #AEA8AE

tetradic

#AEAEA8 #A8AEAB #A8A8AE #AEA8AB

square

#AEAEA8 #A8AEAB #A8A8AE #AEA8AB

split-complementary

#AEAEA8 #A8ABAE #ABA8AE

monochromatic

#72726A #909088 #AEAEA8 #CCCCC8 #E9E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEAEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#AEAEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEA8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEA8	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c1',
    500: '#aeaea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaea8;
$custom-light: #c6c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.00845,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEA8

secondary

#D8D8DA

accent

#588D58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEA8

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

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