#AEA3AB#AEA3AB

#AEA3AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.017 H 335.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3AB
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 171)
HSL	hsl(316, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(316, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 5.45, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 6.08, 333.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0154 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.017 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9024, 38.1336, 43.8840)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3AB #A3AEA6

analogous

#ABA3AE #AEA3AB #AEA3A5

triadic

#AEA3AB #ABAEA3 #A3ABAE

tetradic

#AEA3AB #AEABA3 #A3AEA6 #A3A5AE

square

#AEA3AB #AEABA3 #A3AEA6 #A3A5AE

split-complementary

#AEA3AB #A5AEA3 #A3AEAB

monochromatic

#72646E #91828D #AEA3AB #CBC4C9 #E7E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEA3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3AB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3AB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.017 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bec4',
    500: '#aea3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3ab;
$custom-light: #c6bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.364,
    "s": 6.358,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.01693,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3AB

secondary

#D5D8D6

accent

#906555

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3AB

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

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