#AAA89C#AAA89C

#AAA89C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA89C
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -1.46, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 6.61, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0027 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5802, 38.9518, 37.0374)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA89C #9C9EAA

analogous

#AAA19C #AAA89C #A5AA9C

triadic

#AAA89C #9CAAA8 #A89CAA

tetradic

#AAA89C #9CAAA1 #9C9EAA #AA9CA5

square

#AAA89C #9CAAA1 #9C9EAA #AA9CA5

split-complementary

#AAA89C #9CA5AA #A19CAA

monochromatic

#6E6B5E #8E8B7B #AAA89C #C6C5BD #E3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAA89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA89C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA89C	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b9',
    500: '#aaa89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa89c;
$custom-light: #c3c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.01709,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA89C

secondary

#CECFD3

accent

#5D9254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA89C

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

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