#AEA8A3#AEA8A3

#AEA8A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.010 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A3
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(27, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 6.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 1.24, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 3.57, 69.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0046 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.01 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0682, 39.6486, 40.2907)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A3 #A3A9AE

analogous

#AEA3A3 #AEA8A3 #AEADA3

triadic

#AEA8A3 #A3AEA8 #A8A3AE

tetradic

#AEA8A3 #A3AEA3 #A3A9AE #ADA3AE

square

#AEA8A3 #A3AEA3 #A3A9AE #ADA3AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A3 #A3AEAD #A3A3AE

monochromatic

#726B64 #918982 #AEA8A3 #CBC7C4 #E7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AEA8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A3

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A3	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.010 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1be',
    500: '#aea8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a3;
$custom-light: #c6c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 6.358,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.00995,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A3

secondary

#D5D7D8

accent

#759055

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A3

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

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