#AAA8AD#AAA8AD

#AAA8AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.007 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8AD
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 173)
HSL	hsl(264, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.66, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 2.85, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0042 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.007 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1217, 39.5685, 45.1562)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8AD #ABADA8

analogous

#A8A9AD #AAA8AD #ADA8AD

triadic

#AAA8AD #ADAAA8 #A8ADAA

tetradic

#AAA8AD #ADA8A9 #ABADA8 #A8ADAD

square

#AAA8AD #ADA8A9 #ABADA8 #A8ADAD

split-complementary

#AAA8AD #ADADA8 #A9ADA8

monochromatic

#6D6A71 #8B888F #AAA8AD #C9C8CB #E8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AAA8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8AD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8AD	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)

#A7A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.007 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c5',
    500: '#aaa8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ad;
$custom-light: #c3c1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 2.959,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.00744,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8AD

secondary

#D9D9D8

accent

#8D5978

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8AD

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

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