#AAA5AC#AAA5AC

#AAA5AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.011 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5AC
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 172)
HSL	hsl(283, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 3.11, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 4.30, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0083 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.011 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4779, 38.4350, 44.4660)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5AC #A7ACA5

analogous

#A6A5AC #AAA5AC #ACA5AA

triadic

#AAA5AC #ACAAA5 #A5ACAA

tetradic

#AAA5AC #ACA6A5 #A7ACA5 #A5AAAC

square

#AAA5AC #ACA6A5 #A7ACA5 #A5AAAC

split-complementary

#AAA5AC #AAACA5 #A5ACA6

monochromatic

#6D6770 #8C858F #AAA5AC #C8C5C9 #E6E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AAA5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5AC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5AC	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.011 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc4',
    500: '#aaa5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5ac;
$custom-light: #c3bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 4.046,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.01143,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5AC

secondary

#D6D8D5

accent

#8E5867

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5AC

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

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