#AEA0A8#AEA0A8

#AEA0A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.020 H 342.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0A8
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(326, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(326, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 6.54, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 6.93, 340.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0188 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.02 342.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0933, 36.9679, 42.2196)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0A8 #A0AEA6

analogous

#ADA0AE #AEA0A8 #AEA0A1

triadic

#AEA0A8 #A8AEA0 #A0A8AE

tetradic

#AEA0A8 #AEADA0 #A0AEA6 #A0A1AE

square

#AEA0A8 #AEADA0 #A0AEA6 #A0A1AE

split-complementary

#AEA0A8 #A1AEA0 #A0AEAD

monochromatic

#72616B #927F8A #AEA0A8 #CAC1C6 #E6E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AEA0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0A8

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0A8	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.020 342.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc1',
    500: '#aea0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0a8;
$custom-light: #c6bcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.01973,
    "h": 342.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0A8

secondary

#D3D7D5

accent

#926E54

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0A8

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

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