#AEA6AE#AEA6AE

#AEA6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.015 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6AE
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 4.36, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 5.35, 324.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.012 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.015 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7306, 39.3273, 45.5867)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6AE #A6AEA6

analogous

#AAA6AE #AEA6AE #AEA6AA

triadic

#AEA6AE #AEAEA6 #A6AEAE

tetradic

#AEA6AE #AEAAA6 #A6AEA6 #A6AAAE

square

#AEA6AE #AEAAA6 #A6AEA6 #A6AAAE

split-complementary

#AEA6AE #AAAEA6 #A6AEAA

monochromatic

#726872 #918691 #AEA6AE #CBC6CB #E8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AEA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6AE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6AE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.015 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0c6',
    500: '#aea6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6ae;
$custom-light: #c6c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.01451,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6AE

secondary

#D7D9D7

accent

#8F5757

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6AE

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

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