#AAA8A3#AAA8A3

#AAA8A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.007 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A3
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(43, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -0.21, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 2.84, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0002 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.007 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1901, 39.1958, 40.2495)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A3 #A3A5AA

analogous

#AAA4A3 #AAA8A3 #A8AAA3

triadic

#AAA8A3 #A3AAA8 #A8A3AA

tetradic

#AAA8A3 #A3AAA4 #A3A5AA #AAA3A8

square

#AAA8A3 #A3AAA4 #A3A5AA #AAA3A8

split-complementary

#AAA8A3 #A3A8AA #A4A3AA

monochromatic

#6D6B65 #8D8A83 #AAA8A3 #C7C6C3 #E5E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAA8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A3

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A3	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)

#A9A8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.007 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1be',
    500: '#aaa8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a3;
$custom-light: #c3c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73177,
    "c": 0.00747,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A3

secondary

#D3D4D6

accent

#678E58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A3

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

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