#AAA5AB#AAA5AB

#AAA5AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.010 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5AB
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(290, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 2.92, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 3.82, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0079 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.01 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3822, 38.3967, 43.9621)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5AB #A6ABA5

analogous

#A7A5AB #AAA5AB #ABA5A9

triadic

#AAA5AB #ABAAA5 #A5ABAA

tetradic

#AAA5AB #ABA7A5 #A6ABA5 #A5A9AB

square

#AAA5AB #ABA7A5 #A6ABA5 #A5A9AB

split-complementary

#AAA5AB #A9ABA5 #A5ABA7

monochromatic

#6D676E #8C858D #AAA5AB #C8C5C9 #E6E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5AB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5AB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.010 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc4',
    500: '#aaa5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5ab;
$custom-light: #c3bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72792,
    "c": 0.01023,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5AB

secondary

#D5D7D5

accent

#8D5861

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5AB

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

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