#AEA4A0#AEA4A0

#AEA4A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.013 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4A0
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 160)
HSL	hsl(17, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 2.89, 3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 4.44, 49.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0095 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.013 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0755, 38.0881, 38.6495)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4A0 #A0AAAE

analogous

#AEA0A3 #AEA4A0 #AEABA0

triadic

#AEA4A0 #A0AEA4 #A4A0AE

tetradic

#AEA4A0 #A3AEA0 #A0AAAE #ABA0AE

square

#AEA4A0 #A3AEA0 #A0AAAE #ABA0AE

split-complementary

#AEA4A0 #A0AEAB #A0A3AE

monochromatic

#726661 #92847F #AEA4A0 #CAC4C1 #E6E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEA4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4A0

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4A0	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.013 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfbc',
    500: '#aea4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4a0;
$custom-light: #c6bfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.01301,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4A0

secondary

#D3D6D7

accent

#809254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4A0

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

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