#AAA4AD#AAA4AD

#AAA4AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.014 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4AD
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 173)
HSL	hsl(280, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 3.86, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 5.46, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% 0.0102 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.014 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3946, 38.1142, 44.9138)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4AD #A7ADA4

analogous

#A5A4AD #AAA4AD #ADA4AB

triadic

#AAA4AD #ADAAA4 #A4ADAA

tetradic

#AAA4AD #ADA5A4 #A7ADA4 #A4ABAD

square

#AAA4AD #ADA5A4 #A7ADA4 #A4ABAD

split-complementary

#AAA4AD #ABADA4 #A4ADA5

monochromatic

#6D6671 #8C8490 #AAA4AD #C8C4CA #E6E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AAA4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4AD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4AD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.014 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc5',
    500: '#aaa4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4ad;
$custom-light: #c3bfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 5.202,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72648,
    "c": 0.01447,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4AD

secondary

#D6D8D5

accent

#8F5669

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4AD

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

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