#AEA1AA#AEA1AA

#AEA1AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.020 H 336.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA1AA
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 170)
HSL	hsl(318, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(318, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 6.36, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 7.01, 335.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.018 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.02 336.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4551, 37.3911, 43.2665)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA1AA #A1AEA5

analogous

#ABA1AE #AEA1AA #AEA1A3

triadic

#AEA1AA #AAAEA1 #A1AAAE

tetradic

#AEA1AA #AEABA1 #A1AEA5 #A1A3AE

square

#AEA1AA #AEABA1 #A1AEA5 #A1A3AE

split-complementary

#AEA1AA #A3AEA1 #A1AEAB

monochromatic

#72626D #92808C #AEA1AA #CAC2C8 #E7E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AEA1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AEA1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA1AA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA1AA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.020 336.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcc3',
    500: '#aea1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea1aa;
$custom-light: #c6bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.462,
    "s": 7.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72283,
    "c": 0.01964,
    "h": 336.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA1AA

secondary

#D3D8D5

accent

#916754

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA1AA

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

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