#AAA8AB#AAA8AB

#AAA8AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8AB
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 1.28, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 1.82, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0034 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9297, 39.4916, 44.1446)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8AB #A9ABA8

analogous

#A9A8AB #AAA8AB #ABA8AB

triadic

#AAA8AB #ABAAA8 #A8ABAA

tetradic

#AAA8AB #ABA9A8 #A9ABA8 #A8ABAB

square

#AAA8AB #ABA9A8 #A9ABA8 #A8ABAB

split-complementary

#AAA8AB #ABABA8 #A8ABA9

monochromatic

#6D6A6E #8C898D #AAA8AB #C8C7C9 #E7E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AAA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8AB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8AB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c4',
    500: '#aaa8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ab;
$custom-light: #c3c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.00481,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8AB

secondary

#D7D8D7

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8AB

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

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