#AAA6A0#AAA6A0

#AAA6A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.010 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6A0
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(36, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 0.34, 3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 3.63, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.002 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.01 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5581, 38.3568, 38.7286)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6A0 #A0A4AA

analogous

#AAA1A0 #AAA6A0 #A9AAA0

triadic

#AAA6A0 #A0AAA6 #A6A0AA

tetradic

#AAA6A0 #A0AAA1 #A0A4AA #AAA0A9

square

#AAA6A0 #A0AAA1 #A0A4AA #AAA0A9

split-complementary

#AAA6A0 #A0A9AA #A1A0AA

monochromatic

#6E6962 #8D8880 #AAA6A0 #C7C4C0 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AAA6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6A0

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6A0	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.010 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0bc',
    500: '#aaa6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6a0;
$custom-light: #c3c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.00972,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6A0

secondary

#D1D3D5

accent

#6D8F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6A0

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

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