#AAA7AD#AAA7AD

#AAA7AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.009 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA7AD
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 173)
HSL	hsl(270, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 2.21, -2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 3.49, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0057 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.009 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9378, 39.2006, 45.0949)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA7AD #AAADA7

analogous

#A7A7AD #AAA7AD #ADA7AD

triadic

#AAA7AD #ADAAA7 #A7ADAA

tetradic

#AAA7AD #ADA7A7 #AAADA7 #A7ADAD

square

#AAA7AD #ADA7A7 #AAADA7 #A7ADAD

split-complementary

#AAA7AD #ADADA7 #A7ADA7

monochromatic

#6D6971 #8B878F #AAA7AD #C9C7CB #E7E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAA7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA7AD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA7AD	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.009 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c5',
    500: '#aaa7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa7ad;
$custom-light: #c3c1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 3.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73269,
    "c": 0.00916,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA7AD

secondary

#D8D9D7

accent

#8D5873

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA7AD

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

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