#AAA5A8#AAA5A8

#AAA5A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.007 H 340.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A8
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 168)
HSL	hsl(324, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(324, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 2.35, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 2.52, 338.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0067 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.007 340.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0995, 38.2836, 42.4732)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A8 #A5AAA7

analogous

#A9A5AA #AAA5A8 #AAA5A5

triadic

#AAA5A8 #A8AAA5 #A5A8AA

tetradic

#AAA5A8 #AAA9A5 #A5AAA7 #A5A5AA

square

#AAA5A8 #AAA9A5 #A5AAA7 #A5A5AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A8 #A5AAA5 #A5AAA9

monochromatic

#6D676B #8C868A #AAA5A8 #C8C4C6 #E5E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AAA5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A8	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.007 340.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc1',
    500: '#aaa5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a8;
$custom-light: #c3bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.00712,
    "h": 340.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A8

secondary

#D5D6D5

accent

#8D6E59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A8

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

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