#AAA0AD#AAA0AD

#AAA0AD is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.022 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0AD
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 173)
HSL	hsl(286, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(286, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 6.06, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 8.13, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0162 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.022 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6900, 36.7050, 44.6790)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0AD #A3ADA0

analogous

#A3A0AD #AAA0AD #ADA0A9

triadic

#AAA0AD #ADAAA0 #A0ADAA

tetradic

#AAA0AD #ADA3A0 #A3ADA0 #A0A9AD

square

#AAA0AD #ADA3A0 #A3ADA0 #A0A9AD

split-complementary

#AAA0AD #A9ADA0 #A0ADA3

monochromatic

#6D6271 #8D7F91 #AAA0AD #C7C1C9 #E5E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AAA0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AAA0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0AD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0AD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.022 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcc5',
    500: '#aaa0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0ad;
$custom-light: #c3bcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 7.345,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0AD

secondary

#D3D7D2

accent

#915462

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0AD

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

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