#AAA0A5#AAA0A5

#AAA0A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.014 H 345.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0A5
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 165)
HSL	hsl(330, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(330, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 4.54, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 4.72, 344.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0131 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.014 345.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9390, 36.4046, 40.7235)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0A5 #A0AAA5

analogous

#AAA0AA #AAA0A5 #AAA0A0

triadic

#AAA0A5 #A5AAA0 #A0A5AA

tetradic

#AAA0A5 #AAAAA0 #A0AAA5 #A0A0AA

square

#AAA0A5 #AAAAA0 #A0AAA5 #A0A0AA

split-complementary

#AAA0A5 #A0AAA0 #A0AAAA

monochromatic

#6E6268 #8D8086 #AAA0A5 #C7C0C4 #E4E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AAA0A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AAA0A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0A5

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0A5	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.014 345.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcbf',
    500: '#aaa0a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0a5;
$custom-light: #c3bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.01355,
    "h": 345.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0A5

secondary

#D1D5D3

accent

#8F7356

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0A5

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

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