#AAA6A6#AAA6A6

#AAA6A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6A6
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 166)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 1.43, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 1.52, 19.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0957, 38.5718, 41.5598)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6A6 #A6AAAA

analogous

#AAA6A8 #AAA6A6 #AAA8A6

triadic

#AAA6A6 #A6AAA6 #A6A6AA

tetradic

#AAA6A6 #A8AAA6 #A6AAAA #A8A6AA

square

#AAA6A6 #A8AAA6 #A6AAAA #A8A6AA

split-complementary

#AAA6A6 #A6AAA8 #A6A8AA

monochromatic

#6D6868 #8C8787 #AAA6A6 #C8C5C5 #E6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA6A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAA6A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6A6

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6A6	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)

#A7A6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c0',
    500: '#aaa6a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6a6;
$custom-light: #c3c0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.00461,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6A6

secondary

#D5D7D7

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6A6

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

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