#AEA7AE#AEA7AE

#AEA7AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.013 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA7AE
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 3.81, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 4.67, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0105 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.013 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9131, 39.6923, 45.6476)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA7AE #A7AEA7

analogous

#ABA7AE #AEA7AE #AEA7AB

triadic

#AEA7AE #AEAEA7 #A7AEAE

tetradic

#AEA7AE #AEABA7 #A7AEA7 #A7ABAE

square

#AEA7AE #AEABA7 #A7AEA7 #A7ABAE

split-complementary

#AEA7AE #ABAEA7 #A7AEAB

monochromatic

#726972 #918791 #AEA7AE #CBC7CB #E9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEA7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA7AE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA7AE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.013 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c6',
    500: '#aea7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea7ae;
$custom-light: #c6c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.142,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.01269,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA7AE

secondary

#D7DAD7

accent

#8E5858

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA7AE

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

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