#AAA4AE#AAA4AE

#AAA4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4AE
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(276, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 4.05, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 5.97, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0106 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4917, 38.1531, 45.4253)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4AE #A8AEA4

analogous

#A5A4AE #AAA4AE #AEA4AD

triadic

#AAA4AE #AEAAA4 #A4AEAA

tetradic

#AAA4AE #AEA5A4 #A8AEA4 #A4ADAE

square

#AAA4AE #AEA5A4 #A8AEA4 #A4ADAE

split-complementary

#AAA4AE #ADAEA4 #A4AEA5

monochromatic

#6D6672 #8C8491 #AAA4AE #C8C4CB #E6E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AAA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4AE

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4AE	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc6',
    500: '#aaa4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4ae;
$custom-light: #c3bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.01574,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4AE

secondary

#D7D9D5

accent

#90566D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4AE

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

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