#AAA4A4#AAA4A4

#AAA4A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4A4
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 2.16, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 2.29, 19.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0066 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5529, 37.7775, 40.4809)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4A4 #A4AAAA

analogous

#AAA4A7 #AAA4A4 #AAA7A4

triadic

#AAA4A4 #A4AAA4 #A4A4AA

tetradic

#AAA4A4 #A7AAA4 #A4AAAA #A7A4AA

square

#AAA4A4 #A7AAA4 #A4AAAA #A7A4AA

split-complementary

#AAA4A4 #A4AAA7 #A4A7AA

monochromatic

#6D6666 #8C8484 #AAA4A4 #C8C4C4 #E5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAA4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AAA4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4A4

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4A4	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)

#A5A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfbf',
    500: '#aaa4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4a4;
$custom-light: #c3bfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72372,
    "c": 0.00695,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4A4

secondary

#D4D6D6

accent

#8D8D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4A4

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

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