#AEA0A0#AEA0A0

#AEA0A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.016 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0A0
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 5.09, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 5.41, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0156 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.016 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3709, 36.6789, 38.4146)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0A0 #A0AEAE

analogous

#AEA0A7 #AEA0A0 #AEA7A0

triadic

#AEA0A0 #A0AEA0 #A0A0AE

tetradic

#AEA0A0 #A7AEA0 #A0AEAE #A7A0AE

square

#AEA0A0 #A7AEA0 #A0AEAE #A7A0AE

split-complementary

#AEA0A0 #A0AEA7 #A0A7AE

monochromatic

#726161 #927F7F #AEA0A0 #CAC1C1 #E6E2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AEA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AEA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0A0

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0A0	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.016 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcbc',
    500: '#aea0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0a0;
$custom-light: #c6bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71775,
    "c": 0.0164,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0A0

secondary

#D3D7D7

accent

#929254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0A0

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

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