#AEAEAE#AEAEAE

#AEAEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEAE
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 0.00, 180.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(40.2303, 42.3268, 46.0867)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEAE #AEAEAE

analogous

#AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE

triadic

#AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE

tetradic

#AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE

square

#AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE

split-complementary

#AEAEAE #AEAEAE #AEAEAE

monochromatic

#717171 #8F8F8F #AEAEAE #CDCDCD #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEAE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEAE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6c6',
    500: '#aeaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeae;
$custom-light: #c6c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75082,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.42327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEAE

secondary

#DCDCDC

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEAE

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

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