#AEA0A6#AEA0A6

#AEA0A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.018 H 349.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0A6
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 166)
HSL	hsl(334, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(334, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 6.17, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 6.30, 348.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.018 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.018 349.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9085, 36.8939, 41.2459)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0A6 #A0AEA8

analogous

#AEA0AD #AEA0A6 #AEA1A0

triadic

#AEA0A6 #A6AEA0 #A0A6AE

tetradic

#AEA0A6 #ADAEA0 #A0AEA8 #A1A0AE

square

#AEA0A6 #ADAEA0 #A0AEA8 #A1A0AE

split-complementary

#AEA0A6 #A0AEA1 #A0ADAE

monochromatic

#726169 #927F87 #AEA0A6 #CAC1C5 #E6E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AEA0A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AEA0A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0A6

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0A6	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.018 349.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc0',
    500: '#aea0a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0a6;
$custom-light: #c6bcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.0183,
    "h": 349.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0A6

secondary

#D3D7D5

accent

#927754

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0A6

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

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