#AAA5A1#AAA5A1

#AAA5A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.008 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A1
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 161)
HSL	hsl(27, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 5.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 1.06, 2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 2.91, 68.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0039 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.008 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4649, 38.0298, 39.1308)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A1 #A1A6AA

analogous

#AAA1A2 #AAA5A1 #AAAAA1

triadic

#AAA5A1 #A1AAA5 #A5A1AA

tetradic

#AAA5A1 #A2AAA1 #A1A6AA #AAA1AA

square

#AAA5A1 #A2AAA1 #A1A6AA #AAA1AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A1 #A1AAAA #A1A2AA

monochromatic

#6E6863 #8D8681 #AAA5A1 #C7C4C1 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA5A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AAA5A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A1

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A1	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.008 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfbc',
    500: '#aaa5a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a1;
$custom-light: #c3bfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 5.028,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.00815,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A1

secondary

#D2D4D5

accent

#768F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A1

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

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