#AEA8AA#AEA8AA

#AEA8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.007 H 354.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8AA
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(340, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(340, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 2.52, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 2.53, 354.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0074 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.007 354.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7128, 39.9064, 43.6857)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8AA #A8AEAC

analogous

#AEA8AD #AEA8AA #AEA9A8

triadic

#AEA8AA #AAAEA8 #A8AAAE

tetradic

#AEA8AA #ADAEA8 #A8AEAC #A9A8AE

square

#AEA8AA #ADAEA8 #A8AEAC #A9A8AE

split-complementary

#AEA8AA #A8AEA9 #A8ADAE

monochromatic

#726A6C #90888B #AEA8AA #CCC8C9 #E9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AEA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8AA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8AA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.007 354.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c3',
    500: '#aea8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8aa;
$custom-light: #c6c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.00743,
    "h": 354.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8AA

secondary

#D8DAD9

accent

#8D7C58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8AA

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

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