#AAA8A1#AAA8A1

#AAA8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.010 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A1
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(47, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 5.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -0.57, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 3.91, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0006 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.01 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0123, 39.1247, 39.3133)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A1 #A1A3AA

analogous

#AAA4A1 #AAA8A1 #A8AAA1

triadic

#AAA8A1 #A1AAA8 #A8A1AA

tetradic

#AAA8A1 #A1AAA4 #A1A3AA #AAA1A8

square

#AAA8A1 #A1AAA4 #A1A3AA #AAA1A8

split-complementary

#AAA8A1 #A1A8AA #A4A1AA

monochromatic

#6E6B63 #8D8A81 #AAA8A1 #C7C6C1 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A1

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A1	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)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.010 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1bc',
    500: '#aaa8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a1;
$custom-light: #c3c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 5.028,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.01019,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A1

secondary

#D2D3D5

accent

#638F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A1

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

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