#A3AAA5#A3AAA5

#A3AAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.011 H 155.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AAA5
RGB	rgb(163, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(137, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(137, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -3.43, 1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 3.83, 153.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0096 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.011 155)
XYZ	xyz(36.2693, 39.2524, 41.2557)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AAA5 #AAA3A8

analogous

#A4AAA3 #A3AAA5 #A3AAA8

triadic

#A3AAA5 #A5A3AA #AAA5A3

tetradic

#A3AAA5 #A3A4AA #AAA3A8 #AAA8A3

square

#A3AAA5 #A3A4AA #AAA3A8 #AAA8A3

split-complementary

#A3AAA5 #A8A3AA #AAA3A4

monochromatic

#656D68 #838D86 #A3AAA5 #C3C7C4 #E3E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A3AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A3AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AAA5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AAA5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.011 155.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec3bf',
    500: '#a3aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aaa5;
$custom-light: #bec3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.01063,
    "h": 155
  },
  "luminance": 0.39253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AAA5

secondary

#D6D3D5

accent

#587E8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AAA5

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

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