#AEA7AA#AEA7AA

#AEA7AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.009 H 349.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA7AA
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 170)
HSL	hsl(334, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(334, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 3.06, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 3.13, 348.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0089 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.009 349.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5289, 39.5386, 43.6244)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA7AA #A7AEAB

analogous

#AEA7AE #AEA7AA #AEA8A7

triadic

#AEA7AA #AAAEA7 #A7AAAE

tetradic

#AEA7AA #AEAEA7 #A7AEAB #A8A7AE

square

#AEA7AA #AEAEA7 #A7AEAB #A8A7AE

split-complementary

#AEA7AA #A7AEA8 #A7AEAE

monochromatic

#72696D #91878B #AEA7AA #CBC7C9 #E9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEA7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA7AA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA7AA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.009 349.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c3',
    500: '#aea7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea7aa;
$custom-light: #c6c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 4.142,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.00907,
    "h": 349.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA7AA

secondary

#D7DAD9

accent

#8E7758

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA7AA

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

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