#AAA8AC#AAA8AC

#AAA8AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8AC
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 1.47, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 2.33, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0038 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0253, 39.5299, 44.6485)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8AC #AAACA8

analogous

#A8A8AC #AAA8AC #ACA8AC

triadic

#AAA8AC #ACAAA8 #A8ACAA

tetradic

#AAA8AC #ACA8A8 #AAACA8 #A8ACAC

square

#AAA8AC #ACA8A8 #AAACA8 #A8ACAC

split-complementary

#AAA8AC #ACACA8 #A8ACA8

monochromatic

#6D6A6F #8B898E #AAA8AC #C9C7CA #E7E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AAA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8AC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8AC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c4',
    500: '#aaa8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ac;
$custom-light: #c3c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.0061,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8AC

secondary

#D8D9D7

accent

#8C5973

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8AC

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

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