#AAA6A1#AAA6A1

#AAA6A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.009 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6A1
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 161)
HSL	hsl(33, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(33, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 5.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 0.52, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 3.13, 80.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0024 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.009 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6459, 38.3919, 39.1911)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6A1 #A1A5AA

analogous

#AAA2A1 #AAA6A1 #AAAAA1

triadic

#AAA6A1 #A1AAA6 #A6A1AA

tetradic

#AAA6A1 #A1AAA2 #A1A5AA #AAA1AA

square

#AAA6A1 #A1AAA2 #A1A5AA #AAA1AA

split-complementary

#AAA6A1 #A1AAAA #A2A1AA

monochromatic

#6E6963 #8D8881 #AAA6A1 #C7C4C1 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA6A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA6A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6A1

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6A1	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.009 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0bc',
    500: '#aaa6a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6a1;
$custom-light: #c3c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 5.028,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.0085,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6A1

secondary

#D2D3D5

accent

#708F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6A1

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

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