#AEA8A4#AEA8A4

#AEA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.009 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A4
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(24, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 1.42, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 3.16, 63.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.005 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.009 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1582, 39.6846, 40.7644)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A4 #A4AAAE

analogous

#AEA4A5 #AEA8A4 #AEADA4

triadic

#AEA8A4 #A4AEA8 #A8A4AE

tetradic

#AEA8A4 #A5AEA4 #A4AAAE #ADA4AE

square

#AEA8A4 #A5AEA4 #A4AAAE #ADA4AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A4 #A4AEAD #A4A5AE

monochromatic

#726B66 #918984 #AEA8A4 #CBC7C4 #E8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A4

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A4	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)

#AAA8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.009 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1bf',
    500: '#aea8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a4;
$custom-light: #c6c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73541,
    "c": 0.00899,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A4

secondary

#D5D7D9

accent

#799056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A4

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

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