#AEA8A8#AEA8A8

#AEA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A8
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 2.15, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 2.28, 19.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0066 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5251, 39.8313, 42.6969)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A8 #A8AEAE

analogous

#AEA8AB #AEA8A8 #AEABA8

triadic

#AEA8A8 #A8AEA8 #A8A8AE

tetradic

#AEA8A8 #ABAEA8 #A8AEAE #ABA8AE

square

#AEA8A8 #ABAEA8 #A8AEAE #ABA8AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A8 #A8AEAB #A8ABAE

monochromatic

#726A6A #908888 #AEA8A8 #CCC8C8 #E9E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c1',
    500: '#aea8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a8;
$custom-light: #c6c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73658,
    "c": 0.00691,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A8

secondary

#D8DADA

accent

#8D8D58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A8

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

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