#AEA6AA#AEA6AA

#AEA6AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.011 H 345.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6AA
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(330, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(330, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 3.61, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 3.75, 344.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0104 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.011 345.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3464, 39.1736, 43.5636)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6AA #A6AEAA

analogous

#AEA6AE #AEA6AA #AEA6A6

triadic

#AEA6AA #AAAEA6 #A6AAAE

tetradic

#AEA6AA #AEAEA6 #A6AEAA #A6A6AE

square

#AEA6AA #AEAEA6 #A6AEAA #A6A6AE

split-complementary

#AEA6AA #A6AEA6 #A6AEAE

monochromatic

#72686D #91868B #AEA6AA #CBC6C9 #E8E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEA6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AEA6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6AA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6AA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.011 345.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0c3',
    500: '#aea6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6aa;
$custom-light: #c6c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.01076,
    "h": 345.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6AA

secondary

#D7D9D8

accent

#8F7357

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6AA

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

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