#A5AAAE#A5AAAE

#A5AAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.008 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAAE
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(207, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -0.98, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 2.84, 249.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0038 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.008 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5303, 39.8045, 45.7420)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAAE #AEA9A5

analogous

#A5AEAE #A5AAAE #A5A6AE

triadic

#A5AAAE #AEA5AA #AAAEA5

tetradic

#A5AAAE #AEA5AE #AEA9A5 #A6AEA5

square

#A5AAAE #AEA5AE #AEA9A5 #A6AEA5

split-complementary

#A5AAAE #AEA5A6 #AEAEA5

monochromatic

#676D72 #858C91 #A5AAAE #C5C8CB #E5E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A5AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A5AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAAE

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAAE	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.008 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c6',
    500: '#a5aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaae;
$custom-light: #bfc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73522,
    "c": 0.0081,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAAE

secondary

#D9D7D6

accent

#70568F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAAE

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

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