#AEA6A8#AEA6A8

#AEA6A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.010 H 0.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6A8
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 168)
HSL	hsl(345, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(345, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 3.24, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 3.24, 359.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0096 0)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.01 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1587, 39.0985, 42.5747)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6A8 #A6AEAC

analogous

#AEA6AC #AEA6A8 #AEA8A6

triadic

#AEA6A8 #A8AEA6 #A6A8AE

tetradic

#AEA6A8 #ACAEA6 #A6AEAC #A8A6AE

square

#AEA6A8 #ACAEA6 #A6AEAC #A8A6AE

split-complementary

#AEA6A8 #A6AEA8 #A6ACAE

monochromatic

#72686A #918689 #AEA6A8 #CBC6C7 #E8E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEA6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AEA6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6A8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6A8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.010 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0c1',
    500: '#aea6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6a8;
$custom-light: #c6c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73245,
    "c": 0.00963,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6A8

secondary

#D7D9D9

accent

#8F8157

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6A8

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

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