#AEA6B0#AEA6B0

#AEA6B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.017 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6B0
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 176)
HSL	hsl(288, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 4.74, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 6.28, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0128 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.017 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9270, 39.4059, 46.6212)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6B0 #A8B0A6

analogous

#A9A6B0 #AEA6B0 #B0A6AD

triadic

#AEA6B0 #B0AEA6 #A6B0AE

tetradic

#AEA6B0 #B0A9A6 #A8B0A6 #A6ADB0

square

#AEA6B0 #B0A9A6 #A8B0A6 #A6ADB0

split-complementary

#AEA6B0 #ADB0A6 #A6B0A9

monochromatic

#726774 #908693 #AEA6B0 #CCC6CD #E9E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA6B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AEA6B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6B0

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6B0	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.017 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0c7',
    500: '#aea6b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6b0;
$custom-light: #c6c0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 5.952,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.01679,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6B0

secondary

#D8DAD7

accent

#905661

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6B0

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

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