#AAA8A5#AAA8A5

#AAA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.005 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A5
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(36, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 0.16, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 1.80, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.001 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.005 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3707, 39.2680, 41.2008)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A5 #A5A7AA

analogous

#AAA5A5 #AAA8A5 #A9AAA5

triadic

#AAA8A5 #A5AAA8 #A8A5AA

tetradic

#AAA8A5 #A5AAA5 #A5A7AA #AAA5A9

square

#AAA8A5 #A5AAA5 #A5A7AA #AAA5A9

split-complementary

#AAA8A5 #A5A9AA #A5A5AA

monochromatic

#6D6B67 #8C8A86 #AAA8A5 #C8C6C4 #E5E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A5	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)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.005 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1bf',
    500: '#aaa8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a5;
$custom-light: #c3c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73235,
    "c": 0.00486,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A5

secondary

#D5D5D6

accent

#6E8D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A5

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

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