#AAA6A5#AAA6A5

#AAA6A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.005 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6A5
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 165)
HSL	hsl(12, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 1.25, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 1.61, 39.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.004 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.005 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0043, 38.5353, 41.0786)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6A5 #A5A9AA

analogous

#AAA5A6 #AAA6A5 #AAA8A5

triadic

#AAA6A5 #A5AAA6 #A6A5AA

tetradic

#AAA6A5 #A6AAA5 #A5A9AA #A8A5AA

square

#AAA6A5 #A6AAA5 #A5A9AA #A8A5AA

split-complementary

#AAA6A5 #A5AAA8 #A5A6AA

monochromatic

#6D6867 #8C8786 #AAA6A5 #C8C5C4 #E5E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA6A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAA6A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6A5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6A5	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)

#A7A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.005 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0bf',
    500: '#aaa6a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6a5;
$custom-light: #c3c0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72818,
    "c": 0.00484,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6A5

secondary

#D5D6D6

accent

#828D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6A5

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

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