#AAA6AE#AAA6AE

#AAA6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6AE
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 2.95, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 4.66, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0076 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8525, 38.8745, 45.5456)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6AE #AAAEA6

analogous

#A6A6AE #AAA6AE #AEA6AE

triadic

#AAA6AE #AEAAA6 #A6AEAA

tetradic

#AAA6AE #AEA6A6 #AAAEA6 #A6AEAE

square

#AAA6AE #AEA6A6 #AAAEA6 #A6AEAE

split-complementary

#AAA6AE #AEAEA6 #A6AEA6

monochromatic

#6D6872 #8B8691 #AAA6AE #C9C6CB #E7E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AAA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6AE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6AE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#A5A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c6',
    500: '#aaa6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6ae;
$custom-light: #c3c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.01222,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6AE

secondary

#D8D9D7

accent

#8F5773

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6AE

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

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