#AAA0A0#AAA0A0

#AAA0A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.012 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0A0
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 3.62, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 3.85, 19.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0111 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.012 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4928, 36.2261, 38.3735)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0A0 #A0AAAA

analogous

#AAA0A5 #AAA0A0 #AAA5A0

triadic

#AAA0A0 #A0AAA0 #A0A0AA

tetradic

#AAA0A0 #A5AAA0 #A0AAAA #A5A0AA

square

#AAA0A0 #A5AAA0 #A0AAAA #A5A0AA

split-complementary

#AAA0A0 #A0AAA5 #A0A5AA

monochromatic

#6E6262 #8D8080 #AAA0A0 #C7C0C0 #E4E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AAA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AAA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0A0

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0A0	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.012 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcbc',
    500: '#aaa0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0a0;
$custom-light: #c3bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71424,
    "c": 0.01168,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0A0

secondary

#D1D5D5

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0A0

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

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