#AAA2AE#AAA2AE

#AAA2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.019 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA2AE
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(280, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 5.15, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 7.29, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0136 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.019 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1366, 37.4428, 45.3070)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA2AE #A6AEA2

analogous

#A4A2AE #AAA2AE #AEA2AC

triadic

#AAA2AE #AEAAA2 #A2AEAA

tetradic

#AAA2AE #AEA4A2 #A6AEA2 #A2ACAE

square

#AAA2AE #AEA4A2 #A6AEA2 #A2ACAE

split-complementary

#AAA2AE #ACAEA2 #A2AEA4

monochromatic

#6D6372 #8C8192 #AAA2AE #C8C3CA #E6E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AAA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA2AE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA2AE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.019 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bdc6',
    500: '#aaa2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa2ae;
$custom-light: #c3bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.01932,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA2AE

secondary

#D5D8D4

accent

#915569

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA2AE

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

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