#AEA6A0#AEA6A0

#AEA6A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.013 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6A0
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(26, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(26, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 1.80, 4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 4.50, 66.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0064 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.013 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4362, 38.8096, 38.7697)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6A0 #A0A8AE

analogous

#AEA0A1 #AEA6A0 #AEADA0

triadic

#AEA6A0 #A0AEA6 #A6A0AE

tetradic

#AEA6A0 #A1AEA0 #A0A8AE #ADA0AE

square

#AEA6A0 #A1AEA0 #A0A8AE #ADA0AE

split-complementary

#AEA6A0 #A0AEAD #A0A1AE

monochromatic

#726961 #92877F #AEA6A0 #CAC5C1 #E6E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEA6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEA6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6A0

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6A0	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)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.013 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0bc',
    500: '#aea6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6a0;
$custom-light: #c6c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.01264,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6A0

secondary

#D3D5D7

accent

#779254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6A0

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

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