#AEA6AC#AEA6AC

#AEA6AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.012 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6AC
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 172)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(315, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 3.98, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 4.49, 332.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0112 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.012 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5371, 39.2499, 44.5675)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6AC #A6AEA8

analogous

#ACA6AE #AEA6AC #AEA6A8

triadic

#AEA6AC #ACAEA6 #A6ACAE

tetradic

#AEA6AC #AEACA6 #A6AEA8 #A6A8AE

square

#AEA6AC #AEACA6 #A6AEA8 #A6A8AE

split-complementary

#AEA6AC #A8AEA6 #A6AEAC

monochromatic

#72686F #91868E #AEA6AC #CBC6CA #E8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEA6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6AC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6AC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.012 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0c4',
    500: '#aea6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6ac;
$custom-light: #c6c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.01246,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6AC

secondary

#D7D9D7

accent

#8F6557

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6AC

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

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