#AEA8A7#AEA8A7

#AEA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.007 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A7
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(9, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(9, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 1.96, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 2.34, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0062 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.007 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4323, 39.7942, 42.2081)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A7 #A7ADAE

analogous

#AEA7AA #AEA8A7 #AEACA7

triadic

#AEA8A7 #A7AEA8 #A8A7AE

tetradic

#AEA8A7 #AAAEA7 #A7ADAE #ACA7AE

square

#AEA8A7 #AAAEA7 #A7ADAE #ACA7AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A7 #A7AEAC #A7AAAE

monochromatic

#726A69 #918887 #AEA8A7 #CBC8C7 #E9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AEA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A7

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A7	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.007 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c1',
    500: '#aea8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a7;
$custom-light: #c6c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 4.142,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.00708,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A7

secondary

#D7D9DA

accent

#868E58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A7

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

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