#AAA6AF#AAA6AF

#AAA6AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.014 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6AF
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 175)
HSL	hsl(267, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(267, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 3.14, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 5.18, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.008 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.014 306)
XYZ	xyz(37.9503, 38.9137, 46.0609)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6AF #ABAFA6

analogous

#A6A7AF #AAA6AF #AFA6AF

triadic

#AAA6AF #AFAAA6 #A6AFAA

tetradic

#AAA6AF #AFA6A7 #ABAFA6 #A6AFAF

square

#AAA6AF #AFA6A7 #ABAFA6 #A6AFAF

split-complementary

#AAA6AF #AFAFA6 #A7AFA6

monochromatic

#6D6773 #8B8692 #AAA6AF #C9C6CC #E8E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AAA6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6AF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6AF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.014 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c6',
    500: '#aaa6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6af;
$custom-light: #c3c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 5.325,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.01355,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6AF

secondary

#D9DAD7

accent

#8F5676

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6AF

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

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