#AAA3A8#AAA3A8

#AAA3A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.011 H 335.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3A8
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 168)
HSL	hsl(317, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(317, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 3.45, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 3.84, 333.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0097 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.011 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7416, 37.5678, 42.3539)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3A8 #A3AAA5

analogous

#A8A3AA #AAA3A8 #AAA3A4

triadic

#AAA3A8 #A8AAA3 #A3A8AA

tetradic

#AAA3A8 #AAA8A3 #A3AAA5 #A3A4AA

square

#AAA3A8 #AAA8A3 #A3AAA5 #A3A4AA

split-complementary

#AAA3A8 #A4AAA3 #A3AAA8

monochromatic

#6D656B #8D838A #AAA3A8 #C7C3C6 #E5E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAA3A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#AAA3A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3A8

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3A8	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.011 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bec1',
    500: '#aaa3a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3a8;
$custom-light: #c3bec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.0107,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3A8

secondary

#D3D6D4

accent

#8E6758

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3A8

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

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