#AAA8A6#AAA8A6

#AAA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.004 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A6
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 0.34, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 1.33, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0014 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.004 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4621, 39.3046, 41.6820)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A6 #A6A8AA

analogous

#AAA6A6 #AAA8A6 #AAAAA6

triadic

#AAA8A6 #A6AAA8 #A8A6AA

tetradic

#AAA8A6 #A6AAA6 #A6A8AA #AAA6AA

square

#AAA8A6 #A6AAA6 #A6A8AA #AAA6AA

split-complementary

#AAA8A6 #A6AAAA #A6A6AA

monochromatic

#6D6B68 #8C8987 #AAA8A6 #C8C7C5 #E6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A6	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.004 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c0',
    500: '#aaa8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a6;
$custom-light: #c3c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.00367,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A6

secondary

#D5D6D7

accent

#738C59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A6

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

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