#A5AAA5#A5AAA5

#A5AAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.009 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAA5
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -2.72, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 3.35, 144.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0075 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.009 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6821, 39.4653, 41.2751)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAA5 #AAA5AA

analogous

#A7AAA5 #A5AAA5 #A5AAA7

triadic

#A5AAA5 #A5A5AA #AAA5A5

tetradic

#A5AAA5 #A5A7AA #AAA5AA #AAA7A5

square

#A5AAA5 #A5A7AA #AAA5AA #AAA7A5

split-complementary

#A5AAA5 #A7A5AA #AAA5A7

monochromatic

#676D67 #868C86 #A5AAA5 #C4C8C4 #E4E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A5AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAA5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAA5	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.009 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3bf',
    500: '#a5aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaa5;
$custom-light: #bfc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7325,
    "c": 0.00905,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAA5

secondary

#D6D5D6

accent

#598D8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAA5

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

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