#AEA8A5#AEA8A5

#AEA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.008 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A5
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(20, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 1.60, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 2.81, 55.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0054 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.008 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2488, 39.7208, 41.2419)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A5 #A5ABAE

analogous

#AEA5A7 #AEA8A5 #AEADA5

triadic

#AEA8A5 #A5AEA8 #A8A5AE

tetradic

#AEA8A5 #A7AEA5 #A5ABAE #ADA5AE

square

#AEA8A5 #A7AEA5 #A5ABAE #ADA5AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A5 #A5AEAD #A5A7AE

monochromatic

#726A67 #918985 #AEA8A5 #CBC7C5 #E8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A5

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A5	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)

#AAA8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.008 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1bf',
    500: '#aea8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a5;
$custom-light: #c6c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7357,
    "c": 0.00817,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A5

secondary

#D6D8D9

accent

#7C8F56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A5

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

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