#AAA6A8#AAA6A8

#AAA6A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.005 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6A8
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 168)
HSL	hsl(330, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(330, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 1.81, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 1.88, 343.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0052 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.005 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2806, 38.6458, 42.5336)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6A8 #A6AAA8

analogous

#AAA6AA #AAA6A8 #AAA6A6

triadic

#AAA6A8 #A8AAA6 #A6A8AA

tetradic

#AAA6A8 #AAAAA6 #A6AAA8 #A6A6AA

square

#AAA6A8 #AAAAA6 #A6AAA8 #A6A6AA

split-complementary

#AAA6A8 #A6AAA6 #A6AAAA

monochromatic

#6D686B #8C8789 #AAA6A8 #C8C5C7 #E6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAA6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6A8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6A8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.005 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c1',
    500: '#aaa6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6a8;
$custom-light: #c3c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.00537,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6A8

secondary

#D5D7D6

accent

#8C7359

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6A8

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

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