#AEAAA0#AEAAA0

#AEAAA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.015 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAA0
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(43, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -0.37, 5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 5.67, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0003 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.015 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1747, 40.2865, 39.0159)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAA0 #A0A4AE

analogous

#AEA3A0 #AEAAA0 #ABAEA0

triadic

#AEAAA0 #A0AEAA #AAA0AE

tetradic

#AEAAA0 #A0AEA3 #A0A4AE #AEA0AB

square

#AEAAA0 #A0AEA3 #A0A4AE #AEA0AB

split-complementary

#AEAAA0 #A0ABAE #A3A0AE

monochromatic

#726D61 #928C7F #AEAAA0 #CAC8C1 #E6E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEAAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AEAAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAA0

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAA0	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.015 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3bc',
    500: '#aeaaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaaa0;
$custom-light: #c6c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.01484,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAA0

secondary

#D3D4D7

accent

#659254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAA0

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

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