#AEA5AB#AEA5AB

#AEA5AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.013 H 337.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5AB
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(320, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(320, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 1.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 4.34, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 4.76, 336.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0123 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.013 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2603, 38.8495, 44.0033)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5AB #A5AEA8

analogous

#ADA5AE #AEA5AB #AEA5A7

triadic

#AEA5AB #ABAEA5 #A5ABAE

tetradic

#AEA5AB #AEADA5 #A5AEA8 #A5A7AE

square

#AEA5AB #AEADA5 #A5AEA8 #A5A7AE

split-complementary

#AEA5AB #A7AEA5 #A5AEAD

monochromatic

#72676E #91858D #AEA5AB #CBC5C9 #E8E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5AB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5AB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.013 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfc4',
    500: '#aea5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5ab;
$custom-light: #c6bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.01334,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5AB

secondary

#D6D9D7

accent

#8F6956

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5AB

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

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