#AAA8A7#AAA8A7

#AAA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.003 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A7
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(20, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 1.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 0.53, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 0.93, 55.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0018 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.003 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5542, 39.3414, 42.1670)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A7 #A7A9AA

analogous

#AAA7A7 #AAA8A7 #AAA9A7

triadic

#AAA8A7 #A7AAA8 #A8A7AA

tetradic

#AAA8A7 #A7AAA7 #A7A9AA #A9A7AA

square

#AAA8A7 #A7AAA7 #A7A9AA #A9A7AA

split-complementary

#AAA8A7 #A7AAA9 #A7A7AA

monochromatic

#6D6B69 #8C8988 #AAA8A7 #C8C7C6 #E6E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AAA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A7

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A7	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.003 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c1',
    500: '#aaa8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a7;
$custom-light: #c3c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 1.734,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.00271,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A7

secondary

#D6D7D7

accent

#7B8B5A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A7

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

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