#AEA8AF#AEA8AF

#AEA8AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.012 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8AF
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 175)
HSL	hsl(291, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(291, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 3.46, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 4.47, 320.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0094 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.012 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1948, 40.0992, 46.2242)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8AF #A9AFA8

analogous

#ABA8AF #AEA8AF #AFA8AD

triadic

#AEA8AF #AFAEA8 #A8AFAE

tetradic

#AEA8AF #AFABA8 #A9AFA8 #A8ADAF

square

#AEA8AF #AFABA8 #A9AFA8 #A8ADAF

split-complementary

#AEA8AF #ADAFA8 #A8AFAB

monochromatic

#726A73 #908892 #AEA8AF #CCC8CC #E9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEA8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AEA8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8AF

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8AF	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.012 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c6',
    500: '#aea8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8af;
$custom-light: #c6c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.01199,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8AF

secondary

#D9DBD8

accent

#8E575F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8AF

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

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