#A5AEAA#A5AEAA

#A5AEAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.012 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AEAA
RGB	rgb(165, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(153, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(153, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -3.93, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 4.04, 166.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0113 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.012 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9074, 41.1734, 43.9726)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AEAA #AEA5A9

analogous

#A5AEA6 #A5AEAA #A5AEAE

triadic

#A5AEAA #AAA5AE #AEAAA5

tetradic

#A5AEAA #A6A5AE #AEA5A9 #AEAEA5

square

#A5AEAA #A6A5AE #AEA5A9 #AEAEA5

split-complementary

#A5AEAA #AEA5AE #AEA6A5

monochromatic

#67726D #85918C #A5AEAA #C5CBC8 #E5E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A5AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A5AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AEAA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AEAA	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.012 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6c3',
    500: '#a5aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aeaa;
$custom-light: #bfc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.0116,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AEAA

secondary

#D9D6D7

accent

#56708F

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AEAA

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

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