#AAA5AE#AAA5AE

#AAA5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.014 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5AE
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(273, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 3.50, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 5.31, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0091 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.014 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6714, 38.5124, 45.4852)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5AE #A9AEA5

analogous

#A6A5AE #AAA5AE #AEA5AE

triadic

#AAA5AE #AEAAA5 #A5AEAA

tetradic

#AAA5AE #AEA6A5 #A9AEA5 #A5AEAE

square

#AAA5AE #AEA6A5 #A9AEA5 #A5AEAE

split-complementary

#AAA5AE #AEAEA5 #A5AEA6

monochromatic

#6D6772 #8C8591 #AAA5AE #C8C5CB #E7E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AAA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5AE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5AE	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.014 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc6',
    500: '#aaa5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5ae;
$custom-light: #c3bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.01397,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5AE

secondary

#D7D9D6

accent

#8F5670

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5AE

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

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