#AAA5A3#AAA5A3

#AAA5A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.006 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A3
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 163)
HSL	hsl(17, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 1.43, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 2.20, 49.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0047 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.006 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6426, 38.1009, 40.0671)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A3 #A3A8AA

analogous

#AAA3A4 #AAA5A3 #AAA8A3

triadic

#AAA5A3 #A3AAA5 #A5A3AA

tetradic

#AAA5A3 #A4AAA3 #A3A8AA #A8A3AA

square

#AAA5A3 #A4AAA3 #A3A8AA #A8A3AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A3 #A3AAA8 #A3A4AA

monochromatic

#6D6865 #8D8683 #AAA5A3 #C7C4C3 #E5E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA5A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AAA5A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A3

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A3	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)

#A6A5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.006 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfbe',
    500: '#aaa5a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a3;
$custom-light: #c3bfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.00647,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A3

secondary

#D3D5D6

accent

#7E8E58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A3

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

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