#AEA8A2#AEA8A2

#AEA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.011 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A2
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.06, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 4.00, 74.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0042 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.011 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9790, 39.6129, 39.8207)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A2 #A2A8AE

analogous

#AEA2A2 #AEA8A2 #AEAEA2

triadic

#AEA8A2 #A2AEA8 #A8A2AE

tetradic

#AEA8A2 #A2AEA2 #A2A8AE #AEA2AE

square

#AEA8A2 #A2AEA2 #A2A8AE #AEA2AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A2 #A2AEAE #A2A2AE

monochromatic

#726B63 #928981 #AEA8A2 #CAC7C3 #E7E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A2

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A2	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)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.011 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1bd',
    500: '#aea8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a2;
$custom-light: #c6c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73484,
    "c": 0.011,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A2

secondary

#D4D6D8

accent

#739155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A2

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

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