#AEAEAF#AEAEAF

#AEAEAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.001 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEAF
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 0.19, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 0.55, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0004 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.001 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3282, 42.3659, 46.6020)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEAF #AFAFAE

analogous

#AEAEAF #AEAEAF #AEAEAF

triadic

#AEAEAF #AFAEAE #AEAFAE

tetradic

#AEAEAF #AFAEAE #AFAFAE #AEAFAE

square

#AEAEAF #AFAEAE #AFAFAE #AEAFAE

split-complementary

#AEAEAF #AFAEAE #AEAFAE

monochromatic

#717172 #8F8F91 #AEAEAF #CDCDCD #ECECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEAEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AEAEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEAF

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEAF	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)

#AEAEAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.001 286.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.621,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.00142,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEAF

secondary

#DDDDDC

accent

#8A5B8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEAF

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

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