#AEA0A4#AEA0A4

#AEA0A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.017 H 358.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0A4
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 164)
HSL	hsl(343, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(343, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 5.81, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 5.81, 357.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0172 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.017 358.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7264, 36.8211, 40.2872)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0A4 #A0AEAA

analogous

#AEA0AB #AEA0A4 #AEA3A0

triadic

#AEA0A4 #A4AEA0 #A0A4AE

tetradic

#AEA0A4 #ABAEA0 #A0AEAA #A3A0AE

square

#AEA0A4 #ABAEA0 #A0AEAA #A3A0AE

split-complementary

#AEA0A4 #A0AEA3 #A0ABAE

monochromatic

#726166 #927F84 #AEA0A4 #CAC1C4 #E6E2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA0A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AEA0A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0A4

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0A4	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.017 358.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcbf',
    500: '#aea0a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0a4;
$custom-light: #c6bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71895,
    "c": 0.01724,
    "h": 358.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0A4

secondary

#D3D7D6

accent

#928054

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0A4

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

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