#AAA1AE#AAA1AE

#AAA1AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.021 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA1AE
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 174)
HSL	hsl(282, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 5.71, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 7.96, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0151 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.021 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9612, 37.0919, 45.2485)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA1AE #A5AEA1

analogous

#A3A1AE #AAA1AE #AEA1AB

triadic

#AAA1AE #AEAAA1 #A1AEAA

tetradic

#AAA1AE #AEA3A1 #A5AEA1 #A1ABAE

square

#AAA1AE #AEA3A1 #A5AEA1 #A1ABAE

split-complementary

#AAA1AE #ABAEA1 #A1AEA3

monochromatic

#6D6272 #8C8092 #AAA1AE #C8C2CA #E5E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AAA1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA1AE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA1AE	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.021 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcc6',
    500: '#aaa1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa1ae;
$custom-light: #c3bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 7.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72065,
    "c": 0.02112,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA1AE

secondary

#D5D8D3

accent

#915467

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA1AE

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

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