#AEA0AE#AEA0AE

#AEA0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.025 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0AE
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 7.67, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 9.38, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0211 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.026 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6652, 37.1966, 45.2316)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0AE #A0AEA0

analogous

#A7A0AE #AEA0AE #AEA0A7

triadic

#AEA0AE #AEAEA0 #A0AEAE

tetradic

#AEA0AE #AEA7A0 #A0AEA0 #A0A7AE

square

#AEA0AE #AEA7A0 #A0AEA0 #A0A7AE

split-complementary

#AEA0AE #A7AEA0 #A0AEA7

monochromatic

#726172 #927F92 #AEA0AE #CAC1CA #E6E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AEA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AEA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0AE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0AE	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.025 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc6',
    500: '#aea0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0ae;
$custom-light: #c6bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72208,
    "c": 0.0255,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0AE

secondary

#D3D7D3

accent

#925454

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0AE

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

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