#AAA3AB#AAA3AB

#AAA3AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.014 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3AB
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 171)
HSL	hsl(293, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(293, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 4.02, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 5.16, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0109 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.014 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0243, 37.6809, 43.8428)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3AB #A4ABA3

analogous

#A6A3AB #AAA3AB #ABA3A8

triadic

#AAA3AB #ABAAA3 #A3ABAA

tetradic

#AAA3AB #ABA6A3 #A4ABA3 #A3A8AB

square

#AAA3AB #ABA6A3 #A4ABA3 #A3A8AB

split-complementary

#AAA3AB #A8ABA3 #A3ABA6

monochromatic

#6D656F #8C838E #AAA3AB #C8C3C8 #E5E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAA3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AAA3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3AB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3AB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.014 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bec4',
    500: '#aaa3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3ab;
$custom-light: #c3bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.01388,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3AB

secondary

#D4D6D4

accent

#8E575E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3AB

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

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