#AAA6AB#AAA6AB

#AAA6AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.008 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6AB
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 171)
HSL	hsl(288, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 2.37, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 3.15, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0064 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.008 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5633, 38.7588, 44.0225)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6AB #A7ABA6

analogous

#A7A6AB #AAA6AB #ABA6A9

triadic

#AAA6AB #ABAAA6 #A6ABAA

tetradic

#AAA6AB #ABA7A6 #A7ABA6 #A6A9AB

square

#AAA6AB #ABA7A6 #A7ABA6 #A6A9AB

split-complementary

#AAA6AB #A9ABA6 #A6ABA7

monochromatic

#6D686E #8C878D #AAA6AB #C8C5C9 #E6E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA6AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AAA6AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6AB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6AB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.008 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c4',
    500: '#aaa6ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6ab;
$custom-light: #c3c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 2.89,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.00841,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6AB

secondary

#D6D7D6

accent

#8D5963

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6AB

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

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