#AEA8A9#AEA8A9

#AEA8A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.007 H 5.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8A9
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(350, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(350, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 2.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 2.33, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 2.34, 6.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.007 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.007 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6186, 39.8687, 43.1894)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8A9 #A8AEAD

analogous

#AEA8AC #AEA8A9 #AEAAA8

triadic

#AEA8A9 #A9AEA8 #A8A9AE

tetradic

#AEA8A9 #ACAEA8 #A8AEAD #AAA8AE

square

#AEA8A9 #ACAEA8 #A8AEAD #AAA8AE

split-complementary

#AEA8A9 #A8AEAA #A8ACAE

monochromatic

#726A6B #90888A #AEA8A9 #CCC8C8 #E9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8A9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8A9	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)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.007 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c2',
    500: '#aea8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8a9;
$custom-light: #c6c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73688,
    "c": 0.00703,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8A9

secondary

#D8DADA

accent

#8D8558

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8A9

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

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