#AEA7AC#AEA7AC

#AEA7AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.011 H 335.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA7AC
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 172)
HSL	hsl(317, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(317, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 3.44, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 3.82, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0097 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.011 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7196, 39.6149, 44.6284)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA7AC #A7AEA9

analogous

#ADA7AE #AEA7AC #AEA7A9

triadic

#AEA7AC #ACAEA7 #A7ACAE

tetradic

#AEA7AC #AEADA7 #A7AEA9 #A7A9AE

square

#AEA7AC #AEADA7 #A7AEA9 #A7A9AE

split-complementary

#AEA7AC #A9AEA7 #A7AEAD

monochromatic

#72696F #91878E #AEA7AC #CBC7CA #E9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEA7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA7AC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA7AC	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.011 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c4',
    500: '#aea7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea7ac;
$custom-light: #c6c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 4.142,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.01066,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA7AC

secondary

#D7DAD8

accent

#8E6758

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA7AC

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

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