#AEA0AC#AEA0AC

#AEA0AC is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.023 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0AC
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(309, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 7.29, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 8.50, 329.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0203 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.023 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4717, 37.1192, 44.2124)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0AC #A0AEA2

analogous

#A9A0AE #AEA0AC #AEA0A5

triadic

#AEA0AC #ACAEA0 #A0ACAE

tetradic

#AEA0AC #AEA9A0 #A0AEA2 #A0A5AE

square

#AEA0AC #AEA9A0 #A0AEA2 #A0A5AE

split-complementary

#AEA0AC #A5AEA0 #A0AEA9

monochromatic

#726170 #927F8F #AEA0AC #CAC1C9 #E6E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AEA0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0AC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0AC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#A0A3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.023 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc4',
    500: '#aea0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0ac;
$custom-light: #c6bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.02339,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0AC

secondary

#D3D7D3

accent

#925C54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0AC

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

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