#AAA8A0#AAA8A0

#AAA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.012 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A0
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(48, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -0.75, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 4.44, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.001 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.012 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9245, 39.0896, 38.8507)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A0 #A0A2AA

analogous

#AAA3A0 #AAA8A0 #A7AAA0

triadic

#AAA8A0 #A0AAA8 #A8A0AA

tetradic

#AAA8A0 #A0AAA3 #A0A2AA #AAA0A7

square

#AAA8A0 #A0AAA3 #A0A2AA #AAA0A7

split-complementary

#AAA8A0 #A0A7AA #A3A0AA

monochromatic

#6E6B62 #8D8A80 #AAA8A0 #C7C6C0 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A0

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A0	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.012 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1bc',
    500: '#aaa8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a0;
$custom-light: #c3c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.01157,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A0

secondary

#D1D2D5

accent

#628F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A0

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

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