#AAA5AF#AAA5AF

#AAA5AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.015 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5AF
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 3.69, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 5.83, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0095 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.015 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7692, 38.5515, 46.0006)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5AF #AAAFA5

analogous

#A5A5AF #AAA5AF #AFA5AF

triadic

#AAA5AF #AFAAA5 #A5AFAA

tetradic

#AAA5AF #AFA5A5 #AAAFA5 #A5AFAF

square

#AAA5AF #AFA5A5 #AAAFA5 #A5AFAF

split-complementary

#AAA5AF #AFAFA5 #A5AFA5

monochromatic

#6D6673 #8B8592 #AAA5AF #C9C5CC #E7E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAA5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5AF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5AF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.015 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc6',
    500: '#aaa5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5af;
$custom-light: #c3bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.01527,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5AF

secondary

#D8DAD6

accent

#905673

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5AF

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

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