#AEAEAC#AEAEAC

#AEAEAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.003 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEAC
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -0.37, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 1.09, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.003 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0368, 42.2494, 45.0674)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEAC #ACACAE

analogous

#AEADAC #AEAEAC #ADAEAC

triadic

#AEAEAC #ACAEAE #AEACAE

tetradic

#AEAEAC #ACAEAD #ACACAE #AEACAD

square

#AEAEAC #ACAEAD #ACACAE #AEACAD

split-complementary

#AEAEAC #ACADAE #ADACAE

monochromatic

#71716E #90908D #AEAEAC #CCCCCB #EAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEAEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#AEAEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEAC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEAC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.003 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c4',
    500: '#aeaeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeac;
$custom-light: #c6c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.22,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.00283,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEAC

secondary

#DBDBDB

accent

#5B8B5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEAC

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

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