#AAA6AA#AAA6AA

#AAA6AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.007 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6AA
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 2.18, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 2.68, 324.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.006 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.007 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4683, 38.7209, 43.5224)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6AA #A6AAA6

analogous

#A8A6AA #AAA6AA #AAA6A8

triadic

#AAA6AA #AAAAA6 #A6AAAA

tetradic

#AAA6AA #AAA8A6 #A6AAA6 #A6A8AA

square

#AAA6AA #AAA8A6 #A6AAA6 #A6A8AA

split-complementary

#AAA6AA #A8AAA6 #A6AAA8

monochromatic

#6D686D #8C878C #AAA6AA #C8C5C8 #E6E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAA6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6AA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6AA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.007 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c3',
    500: '#aaa6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6aa;
$custom-light: #c3c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.00727,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6AA

secondary

#D5D7D5

accent

#8C5959

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6AA

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

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