#AEA4A2#AEA4A2

#AEA4A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.012 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4A2
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(10, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(10, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 3.25, 2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 4.00, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0103 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.012 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2518, 38.1586, 39.5783)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4A2 #A2ACAE

analogous

#AEA2A6 #AEA4A2 #AEAAA2

triadic

#AEA4A2 #A2AEA4 #A4A2AE

tetradic

#AEA4A2 #A6AEA2 #A2ACAE #AAA2AE

square

#AEA4A2 #A6AEA2 #A2ACAE #AAA2AE

split-complementary

#AEA4A2 #A2AEAA #A2A6AE

monochromatic

#726663 #928481 #AEA4A2 #CAC4C3 #E7E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AEA4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4A2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4A2	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)

#A6A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.012 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfbd',
    500: '#aea4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4a2;
$custom-light: #c6bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.012,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4A2

secondary

#D4D7D8

accent

#879155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4A2

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

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