#AEA8A1#AEA8A1

#AEA8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.012 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A1
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(32, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(32, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 7.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 0.89, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 4.46, 78.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0038 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.012 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8904, 39.5775, 39.3544)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A1 #A1A7AE

analogous

#AEA1A1 #AEA8A1 #ADAEA1

triadic

#AEA8A1 #A1AEA8 #A8A1AE

tetradic

#AEA8A1 #A1AEA1 #A1A7AE #AEA1AD

square

#AEA8A1 #A1AEA1 #A1A7AE #AEA1AD

split-complementary

#AEA8A1 #A1ADAE #A1A1AE

monochromatic

#726B62 #928A80 #AEA8A1 #CAC6C2 #E7E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A1

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A1	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.012 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1bc',
    500: '#aea8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a1;
$custom-light: #c6c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 7.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.01212,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A1

secondary

#D3D5D8

accent

#709154

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A1

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

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