#AEA4A8#AEA4A8

#AEA4A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.013 H 351.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4A8
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(336, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(336, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 4.34, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 4.40, 349.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0127 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.013 351.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7980, 38.3771, 42.4545)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4A8 #A4AEAA

analogous

#AEA4AD #AEA4A8 #AEA5A4

triadic

#AEA4A8 #A8AEA4 #A4A8AE

tetradic

#AEA4A8 #ADAEA4 #A4AEAA #A5A4AE

square

#AEA4A8 #ADAEA4 #A4AEAA #A5A4AE

split-complementary

#AEA4A8 #A4AEA5 #A4ADAE

monochromatic

#72666B #918489 #AEA4A8 #CBC4C7 #E8E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEA4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AEA4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4A8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4A8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.013 351.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc1',
    500: '#aea4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4a8;
$custom-light: #c6bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.01282,
    "h": 351.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4A8

secondary

#D5D9D7

accent

#907956

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4A8

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

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