#AAA6AC#AAA6AC

#AAA6AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.010 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6AC
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 172)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 2.56, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 3.64, 314.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0068 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.01 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6590, 38.7971, 44.5264)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6AC #A8ACA6

analogous

#A7A6AC #AAA6AC #ACA6AB

triadic

#AAA6AC #ACAAA6 #A6ACAA

tetradic

#AAA6AC #ACA7A6 #A8ACA6 #A6ABAC

square

#AAA6AC #ACA7A6 #A8ACA6 #A6ABAC

split-complementary

#AAA6AC #ABACA6 #A6ACA7

monochromatic

#6D6870 #8C868E #AAA6AC #C8C6CA #E6E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AAA6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6AC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6AC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.010 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c4',
    500: '#aaa6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6ac;
$custom-light: #c3c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.00963,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6AC

secondary

#D7D8D6

accent

#8D586A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6AC

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

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