#AAA5A0#AAA5A0

#AAA5A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.009 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A0
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 160)
HSL	hsl(30, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 0.88, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 3.34, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0035 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.009 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3770, 37.9946, 38.6682)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A0 #A0A5AA

analogous

#AAA0A0 #AAA5A0 #AAAAA0

triadic

#AAA5A0 #A0AAA5 #A5A0AA

tetradic

#AAA5A0 #A0AAA0 #A0A5AA #AAA0AA

square

#AAA5A0 #A0AAA0 #A0A5AA #AAA0AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A0 #A0AAAA #A0A0AA

monochromatic

#6E6862 #8D8680 #AAA5A0 #C7C4C0 #E4E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AAA5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A0

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A0	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.009 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfbc',
    500: '#aaa5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a0;
$custom-light: #c3bfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.0092,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A0

secondary

#D1D3D5

accent

#738F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A0

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

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