#AEAFAF#AEAFAF

#AEAFAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.001 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAFAF
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -0.35, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 0.37, 199.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0011 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.001 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5221, 42.7537, 46.6666)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAFAF #AFAEAE

analogous

#AEAFAE #AEAFAF #AEAEAF

triadic

#AEAFAF #AFAEAF #AFAFAE

tetradic

#AEAFAF #AEAEAF #AFAEAE #AEAFAE

square

#AEAFAF #AEAEAF #AFAEAE #AEAFAE

split-complementary

#AEAFAF #AFAEAE #AFAEAE

monochromatic

#717272 #8F9191 #AEAFAF #CDCDCD #ECECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEAFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#AEAFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAFAF

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAFAF	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeafaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.001 196.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeafaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.621,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.00114,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAFAF

secondary

#DDDCDC

accent

#5B5B8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAFAF

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

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