#AEA8B0#AEA8B0

#AEA8B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8B0
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(285, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 3.65, -3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 4.95, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0098 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2934, 40.1387, 46.7434)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8B0 #AAB0A8

analogous

#AAA8B0 #AEA8B0 #B0A8AE

triadic

#AEA8B0 #B0AEA8 #A8B0AE

tetradic

#AEA8B0 #B0AAA8 #AAB0A8 #A8AEB0

square

#AEA8B0 #B0AAA8 #AAB0A8 #A8AEB0

split-complementary

#AEA8B0 #AEB0A8 #A8B0AA

monochromatic

#716974 #908893 #AEA8B0 #CCC8CD #EAE8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEA8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEA8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8B0

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8B0	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1c7',
    500: '#aea8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8b0;
$custom-light: #c6c1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.01317,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8B0

secondary

#D9DBD9

accent

#8F5765

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8B0

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

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