#AEA5AA#AEA5AA

#AEA5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.013 H 342.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5AA
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(327, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(327, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 4.16, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 4.39, 341.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0119 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.013 342.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1654, 38.8115, 43.5032)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5AA #A5AEA9

analogous

#AEA5AE #AEA5AA #AEA5A6

triadic

#AEA5AA #AAAEA5 #A5AAAE

tetradic

#AEA5AA #AEAEA5 #A5AEA9 #A5A6AE

square

#AEA5AA #AEAEA5 #A5AEA9 #A5A6AE

split-complementary

#AEA5AA #A6AEA5 #A5AEAE

monochromatic

#72676D #91858C #AEA5AA #CBC5C8 #E8E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5AA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5AA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.013 342.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc3',
    500: '#aea5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5aa;
$custom-light: #c6bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.667,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.0125,
    "h": 342.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5AA

secondary

#D6D9D7

accent

#8F7056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5AA

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

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