#AEA8A0#AEA8A0

#AEA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.013 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A0
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(34, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 0.71, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 4.94, 81.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0034 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.013 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8026, 39.5423, 38.8919)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A0 #A0A6AE

analogous

#AEA1A0 #AEA8A0 #ADAEA0

triadic

#AEA8A0 #A0AEA8 #A8A0AE

tetradic

#AEA8A0 #A0AEA1 #A0A6AE #AEA0AD

square

#AEA8A0 #A0AEA1 #A0A6AE #AEA0AD

split-complementary

#AEA8A0 #A0ADAE #A1A0AE

monochromatic

#726B61 #928A7F #AEA8A0 #CAC6C1 #E6E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A0

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A0	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)

#AAA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.013 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1bc',
    500: '#aea8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a0;
$custom-light: #c6c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73427,
    "c": 0.0133,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A0

secondary

#D3D5D7

accent

#6E9254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A0

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

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