#A5AAA3#A5AAA3

#A5AAA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.011 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAA3
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(103, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(103, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -3.09, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 4.30, 136.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0083 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.011 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5015, 39.3930, 40.3238)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAA3 #A8A3AA

analogous

#A8AAA3 #A5AAA3 #A3AAA4

triadic

#A5AAA3 #A3A5AA #AAA3A5

tetradic

#A5AAA3 #A3A8AA #A8A3AA #AAA4A3

square

#A5AAA3 #A3A8AA #A8A3AA #AAA4A3

split-complementary

#A5AAA3 #A4A3AA #AAA3A8

monochromatic

#686D65 #868D83 #A5AAA3 #C4C7C3 #E3E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A5AAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A5AAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAA3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAA3	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.011 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3be',
    500: '#a5aaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaa3;
$custom-light: #bfc3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.857,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.0114,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAA3

secondary

#D5D3D6

accent

#588E7E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAA3

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

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