#AAA6AD#AAA6AD

#AAA6AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.011 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6AD
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 173)
HSL	hsl(274, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 2.76, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 4.15, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0072 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.011 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7554, 38.8357, 45.0341)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6AD #A9ADA6

analogous

#A7A6AD #AAA6AD #ADA6AD

triadic

#AAA6AD #ADAAA6 #A6ADAA

tetradic

#AAA6AD #ADA7A6 #A9ADA6 #A6ADAD

square

#AAA6AD #ADA7A6 #A9ADA6 #A6ADAD

split-complementary

#AAA6AD #ADADA6 #A6ADA7

monochromatic

#6D6871 #8C8690 #AAA6AD #C8C6CA #E7E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA6AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AAA6AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6AD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6AD	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.011 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c5',
    500: '#aaa6ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6ad;
$custom-light: #c3c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 4.094,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.01091,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6AD

secondary

#D7D9D6

accent

#8E586F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6AD

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

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