#AAA5AD#AAA5AD

#AAA5AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.013 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5AD
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(278, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 3.31, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 4.80, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0087 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.013 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5743, 38.4735, 44.9737)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5AD #A8ADA5

analogous

#A6A5AD #AAA5AD #ADA5AC

triadic

#AAA5AD #ADAAA5 #A5ADAA

tetradic

#AAA5AD #ADA6A5 #A8ADA5 #A5ACAD

square

#AAA5AD #ADA6A5 #A8ADA5 #A5ACAD

split-complementary

#AAA5AD #ACADA5 #A5ADA6

monochromatic

#6D6771 #8C8590 #AAA5AD #C8C5CA #E6E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AAA5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5AD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5AD	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)

#A4A6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.013 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc5',
    500: '#aaa5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5ad;
$custom-light: #c3bfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.01268,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5AD

secondary

#D7D8D6

accent

#8F576C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5AD

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

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