#AEAEAD#AEAEAD

#AEAEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.001 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEAD
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -0.19, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 0.54, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0004 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.001 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1332, 42.2879, 45.5751)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEAD #ADADAE

analogous

#AEADAD #AEAEAD #ADAEAD

triadic

#AEAEAD #ADAEAE #AEADAE

tetradic

#AEAEAD #ADAEAD #ADADAE #AEADAD

square

#AEAEAD #ADAEAD #ADADAE #AEADAD

split-complementary

#AEAEAD #ADADAE #ADADAE

monochromatic

#717170 #90908E #AEAEAD #CCCCCC #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AEAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEAD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEAD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.001 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c5',
    500: '#aeaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaead;
$custom-light: #c6c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 0.613,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75053,
    "c": 0.00141,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEAD

secondary

#DBDBDC

accent

#5B8A5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEAD

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

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