#AEA8AE#AEA8AE

#AEA8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8AE
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 3.27, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 4.01, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.009 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0970, 40.0601, 45.7089)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8AE #A8AEA8

analogous

#ABA8AE #AEA8AE #AEA8AB

triadic

#AEA8AE #AEAEA8 #A8AEAE

tetradic

#AEA8AE #AEABA8 #A8AEA8 #A8ABAE

square

#AEA8AE #AEABA8 #A8AEA8 #A8ABAE

split-complementary

#AEA8AE #ABAEA8 #A8AEAB

monochromatic

#726A72 #908890 #AEA8AE #CCC8CC #E9E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AEA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8AE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8AE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c6',
    500: '#aea8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8ae;
$custom-light: #c6c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7384,
    "c": 0.01086,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8AE

secondary

#D8DAD8

accent

#8D5858

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8AE

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

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