#AEAEA9#AEAEA9

#AEAEA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.007 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEA9
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -0.93, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 2.72, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.002 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.007 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7519, 42.1354, 43.5672)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEA9 #A9A9AE

analogous

#AEACA9 #AEAEA9 #ACAEA9

triadic

#AEAEA9 #A9AEAE #AEA9AE

tetradic

#AEAEA9 #A9AEAC #A9A9AE #AEA9AC

square

#AEAEA9 #A9AEAC #A9A9AE #AEA9AC

split-complementary

#AEAEA9 #A9ACAE #ACA9AE

monochromatic

#72726B #909089 #AEAEA9 #CCCCC9 #E9E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEAEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AEAEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEA9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEA9	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.007 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c2',
    500: '#aeaea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaea9;
$custom-light: #c6c6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.00704,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEA9

secondary

#D9D9DA

accent

#598D59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEA9

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

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