#AAA8AA#AAA8AA

#AAA8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8AA
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 1.09, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 1.34, 324.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.003 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8347, 39.4536, 43.6445)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8AA #A8AAA8

analogous

#A9A8AA #AAA8AA #AAA8A9

triadic

#AAA8AA #AAAAA8 #A8AAAA

tetradic

#AAA8AA #AAA9A8 #A8AAA8 #A8A9AA

square

#AAA8AA #AAA9A8 #A8AAA8 #A8A9AA

split-complementary

#AAA8AA #A9AAA8 #A8AAA9

monochromatic

#6D6B6D #8C898C #AAA8AA #C8C7C8 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8AA

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8AA	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c3',
    500: '#aaa8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8aa;
$custom-light: #c3c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73384,
    "c": 0.00363,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8AA

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#8B5B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8AA

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

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