#AAA5A5#AAA5A5

#AAA5A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.006 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A5
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 165)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 1.79, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 1.90, 19.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0055 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.006 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8232, 38.1731, 41.0183)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A5 #A5AAAA

analogous

#AAA5A7 #AAA5A5 #AAA7A5

triadic

#AAA5A5 #A5AAA5 #A5A5AA

tetradic

#AAA5A5 #A7AAA5 #A5AAAA #A7A5AA

square

#AAA5A5 #A7AAA5 #A5AAAA #A7A5AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A5 #A5AAA7 #A5A7AA

monochromatic

#6D6767 #8C8686 #AAA5A5 #C8C4C4 #E5E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AAA5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A5	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)

#A6A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.006 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfbf',
    500: '#aaa5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a5;
$custom-light: #c3bfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.00578,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A5

secondary

#D5D6D6

accent

#8D8D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A5

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

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