#AAA8AE#AAA8AE

#AAA8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8AE
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.85, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 3.38, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0046 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2189, 39.6073, 45.6677)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8AE #ACAEA8

analogous

#A8A9AE #AAA8AE #ADA8AE

triadic

#AAA8AE #AEAAA8 #A8AEAA

tetradic

#AAA8AE #AEA8A9 #ACAEA8 #A8AEAD

square

#AAA8AE #AEA8A9 #ACAEA8 #A8AEAD

split-complementary

#AAA8AE #AEADA8 #A9AEA8

monochromatic

#6C6A72 #8B8890 #AAA8AE #C9C8CC #E8E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AAA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8AE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8AE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c6',
    500: '#aaa8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ae;
$custom-light: #c3c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.0088,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8AE

secondary

#D9DAD8

accent

#8D587C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8AE

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

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