#AAA8A8#AAA8A8

#AAA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.002 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A8
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 0.71, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 0.76, 19.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0022 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.002 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6470, 39.3785, 42.6557)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A8 #A8AAAA

analogous

#AAA8A9 #AAA8A8 #AAA9A8

triadic

#AAA8A8 #A8AAA8 #A8A8AA

tetradic

#AAA8A8 #A9AAA8 #A8AAAA #A9A8AA

square

#AAA8A8 #A9AAA8 #A8AAAA #A9A8AA

split-complementary

#AAA8A8 #A8AAA9 #A8A9AA

monochromatic

#6D6B6B #8C8989 #AAA8A8 #C8C7C7 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AAA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A8

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A8	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.002 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c1',
    500: '#aaa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a8;
$custom-light: #c3c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.00229,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A8

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#8B8B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A8

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

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