#AEA0AB#AEA0AB

#AEA0AB is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.022 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0AB
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 171)
HSL	hsl(313, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(313, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 7.10, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 8.08, 331.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.02 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.022 333)
XYZ	xyz(37.3761, 37.0809, 43.7085)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0AB #A0AEA3

analogous

#AAA0AE #AEA0AB #AEA0A4

triadic

#AEA0AB #ABAEA0 #A0ABAE

tetradic

#AEA0AB #AEAAA0 #A0AEA3 #A0A4AE

square

#AEA0AB #AEAAA0 #A0AEA3 #A0A4AE

split-complementary

#AEA0AB #A4AEA0 #A0AEAA

monochromatic

#72616F #927F8E #AEA0AB #CAC1C8 #E6E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AEA0AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AEA0AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0AB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0AB	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.022 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc4',
    500: '#aea0ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0ab;
$custom-light: #c6bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312.857,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.02239,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.37081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0AB

secondary

#D3D7D4

accent

#926154

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0AB

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

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