#AAA8A4#AAA8A4

#AAA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A4
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(40, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -0.03, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 2.31, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0006 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2800, 39.2318, 40.7233)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A4 #A4A6AA

analogous

#AAA5A4 #AAA8A4 #A9AAA4

triadic

#AAA8A4 #A4AAA8 #A8A4AA

tetradic

#AAA8A4 #A4AAA5 #A4A6AA #AAA4A9

square

#AAA8A4 #A4AAA5 #A4A6AA #AAA4A9

split-complementary

#AAA8A4 #A4A9AA #A5A4AA

monochromatic

#6D6B66 #8C8A84 #AAA8A4 #C8C6C4 #E5E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A4

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A4	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1bf',
    500: '#aaa8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a4;
$custom-light: #c3c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.00614,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A4

secondary

#D4D5D6

accent

#6A8D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A4

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

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