#A3AAA3#A3AAA3

#A3AAA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.013 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AAA3
RGB	rgb(163, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -3.81, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 4.70, 144.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0104 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.013 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0887, 39.1802, 40.3045)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AAA3 #AAA3AA

analogous

#A6AAA3 #A3AAA3 #A3AAA6

triadic

#A3AAA3 #A3A3AA #AAA3A3

tetradic

#A3AAA3 #A3A6AA #AAA3AA #AAA6A3

square

#A3AAA3 #A3A6AA #AAA3AA #AAA6A3

split-complementary

#A3AAA3 #A6A3AA #AAA3A6

monochromatic

#656D65 #838D83 #A3AAA3 #C3C7C3 #E3E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A3AAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A3AAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AAA3

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AAA3	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.013 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec3be',
    500: '#a3aaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aaa3;
$custom-light: #bec3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.01269,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AAA3

secondary

#D6D3D6

accent

#588E8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AAA3

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

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