#AAA5AA#AAA5AA

#AAA5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.009 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5AA
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 2.73, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 3.35, 324.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0075 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.009 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2873, 38.3587, 43.4620)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5AA #A5AAA5

analogous

#A7A5AA #AAA5AA #AAA5A7

triadic

#AAA5AA #AAAAA5 #A5AAAA

tetradic

#AAA5AA #AAA7A5 #A5AAA5 #A5A7AA

square

#AAA5AA #AAA7A5 #A5AAA5 #A5A7AA

split-complementary

#AAA5AA #A7AAA5 #A5AAA7

monochromatic

#6D676D #8C868C #AAA5AA #C8C4C8 #E5E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AAA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5AA

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5AA	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.009 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc3',
    500: '#aaa5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5aa;
$custom-light: #c3bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.00908,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5AA

secondary

#D5D6D5

accent

#8D5959

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5AA

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

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