#AAA0A8#AAA0A8

#AAA0A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.016 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0A8
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(312, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(312, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 5.11, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 5.84, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0143 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.016 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2152, 36.5151, 42.1785)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0A8 #A0AAA2

analogous

#A7A0AA #AAA0A8 #AAA0A3

triadic

#AAA0A8 #A8AAA0 #A0A8AA

tetradic

#AAA0A8 #AAA7A0 #A0AAA2 #A0A3AA

square

#AAA0A8 #AAA7A0 #A0AAA2 #A0A3AA

split-complementary

#AAA0A8 #A3AAA0 #A0AAA7

monochromatic

#6E626B #8D808A #AAA0A8 #C7C0C6 #E4E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AAA0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AAA0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0A8

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0A8	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.016 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcc1',
    500: '#aaa0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0a8;
$custom-light: #c3bcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71668,
    "c": 0.01615,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0A8

secondary

#D1D5D2

accent

#8F6256

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0A8

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

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