#AAA79C#AAA79C

#AAA79C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.016 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA79C
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 156)
HSL	hsl(47, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -0.92, 6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 6.14, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0012 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.016 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3963, 38.5840, 36.9761)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA79C #9C9FAA

analogous

#AAA09C #AAA79C #A6AA9C

triadic

#AAA79C #9CAAA7 #A79CAA

tetradic

#AAA79C #9CAAA0 #9C9FAA #AA9CA6

square

#AAA79C #9CAAA0 #9C9FAA #AA9CA6

split-complementary

#AAA79C #9CA6AA #A09CAA

monochromatic

#6E6A5E #8E8A7B #AAA79C #C6C4BD #E3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAA79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA79C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA79C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.016 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b9',
    500: '#aaa79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa79c;
$custom-light: #c3c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72769,
    "c": 0.01594,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA79C

secondary

#CECFD3

accent

#619254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA79C

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

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