#AEA8A6#AEA8A6

#AEA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.008 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A6
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 1.78, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 2.53, 45.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0058 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.008 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3402, 39.7574, 41.7231)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A6 #A6ACAE

analogous

#AEA6A8 #AEA8A6 #AEACA6

triadic

#AEA8A6 #A6AEA8 #A8A6AE

tetradic

#AEA8A6 #A8AEA6 #A6ACAE #ACA6AE

square

#AEA8A6 #A8AEA6 #A6ACAE #ACA6AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A6 #A6AEAC #A6A8AE

monochromatic

#726A68 #918986 #AEA8A6 #CBC7C6 #E8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AEA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A6

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A6	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.008 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c0',
    500: '#aea8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a6;
$custom-light: #c6c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.00751,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A6

secondary

#D7D9D9

accent

#818F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A6

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

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