#AEAEAA#AEAEAA

#AEAEAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.006 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEAA
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -0.74, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 2.18, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0016 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.006 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8462, 42.1731, 44.0635)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEAA #AAAAAE

analogous

#AEACAA #AEAEAA #ACAEAA

triadic

#AEAEAA #AAAEAE #AEAAAE

tetradic

#AEAEAA #AAAEAC #AAAAAE #AEAAAC

square

#AEAEAA #AAAEAC #AAAAAE #AEAAAC

split-complementary

#AEAEAA #AAACAE #ACAAAE

monochromatic

#71716C #90908B #AEAEAA #CCCCC9 #EAEAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AEAEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AEAEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEAA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEAA	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)

#AFAEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.006 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c3',
    500: '#aeaeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeaa;
$custom-light: #c6c6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.00564,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEAA

secondary

#D9D9DB

accent

#598C59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEAA

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

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