#AAA5A6#AAA5A6

#AAA5A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.006 H 3.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A6
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 166)
HSL	hsl(348, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(348, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 1.98, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 1.98, 3.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0059 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.006 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9146, 38.2097, 41.4995)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A6 #A5AAA9

analogous

#AAA5A8 #AAA5A6 #AAA6A5

triadic

#AAA5A6 #A6AAA5 #A5A6AA

tetradic

#AAA5A6 #A8AAA5 #A5AAA9 #A6A5AA

square

#AAA5A6 #A8AAA5 #A5AAA9 #A6A5AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A6 #A5AAA6 #A5A8AA

monochromatic

#6D6768 #8C8687 #AAA5A6 #C8C4C5 #E5E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA5A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AAA5A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.006 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc0',
    500: '#aaa5a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a6;
$custom-light: #c3bfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.00593,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A6

secondary

#D5D6D6

accent

#8D8259

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A6

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

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