#AEA0AA#AEA0AA

#AEA0AA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.021 H 335.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0AA
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(317, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(317, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 6.91, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 7.68, 334.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0196 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.021 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2811, 37.0430, 43.2084)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0AA #A0AEA4

analogous

#ABA0AE #AEA0AA #AEA0A3

triadic

#AEA0AA #AAAEA0 #A0AAAE

tetradic

#AEA0AA #AEABA0 #A0AEA4 #A0A3AE

square

#AEA0AA #AEABA0 #A0AEA4 #A0A3AE

split-complementary

#AEA0AA #A3AEA0 #A0AEAB

monochromatic

#72616D #927F8C #AEA0AA #CAC1C8 #E6E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#AEA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0AA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0AA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.021 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc3',
    500: '#aea0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0aa;
$custom-light: #c6bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7208,
    "c": 0.02145,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0AA

secondary

#D3D7D4

accent

#926554

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0AA

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

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