#AEA4A6#AEA4A6

#AEA4A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.012 H 3.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4A6
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(348, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(348, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 3.97, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 3.98, 3.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0119 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.012 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6131, 38.3031, 41.4808)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4A6 #A4AEAC

analogous

#AEA4AB #AEA4A6 #AEA7A4

triadic

#AEA4A6 #A6AEA4 #A4A6AE

tetradic

#AEA4A6 #ABAEA4 #A4AEAC #A7A4AE

square

#AEA4A6 #ABAEA4 #A4AEAC #A7A4AE

split-complementary

#AEA4A6 #A4AEA7 #A4ABAE

monochromatic

#726668 #918486 #AEA4A6 #CBC4C6 #E8E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEA4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEA4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4A6

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4A6	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.012 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc0',
    500: '#aea4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4a6;
$custom-light: #c6bfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72774,
    "c": 0.0119,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4A6

secondary

#D5D9D8

accent

#908456

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4A6

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

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