#AAA3AE#AAA3AE

#AAA3AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.018 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3AE
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 174)
HSL	hsl(278, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 4.60, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 6.63, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0121 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.018 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3135, 37.7965, 45.3659)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3AE #A7AEA3

analogous

#A4A3AE #AAA3AE #AEA3AC

triadic

#AAA3AE #AEAAA3 #A3AEAA

tetradic

#AAA3AE #AEA4A3 #A7AEA3 #A3ACAE

square

#AAA3AE #AEA4A3 #A7AEA3 #A3ACAE

split-complementary

#AAA3AE #ACAEA3 #A3AEA4

monochromatic

#6D6472 #8C8291 #AAA3AE #C8C4CB #E6E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAA3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AAA3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3AE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3AE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.018 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bec6',
    500: '#aaa3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3ae;
$custom-light: #c3bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 6.358,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.01753,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3AE

secondary

#D6D8D5

accent

#90556B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3AE

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

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