#AAA8AF#AAA8AF

#AAA8AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.010 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8AF
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 175)
HSL	hsl(257, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(257, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 2.05, -3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 3.92, 301.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.005 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.01 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3167, 39.6464, 46.1830)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8AF #ADAFA8

analogous

#A8AAAF #AAA8AF #AEA8AF

triadic

#AAA8AF #AFAAA8 #A8AFAA

tetradic

#AAA8AF #AFA8AA #ADAFA8 #A8AFAE

square

#AAA8AF #AFA8AA #ADAFA8 #A8AFAE

split-complementary

#AAA8AF #AFAEA8 #AAAFA8

monochromatic

#6C6A73 #8B8892 #AAA8AF #C9C8CC #E8E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAA8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8AF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8AF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.010 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c6',
    500: '#aaa8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8af;
$custom-light: #c3c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.01018,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8AF

secondary

#DADBD8

accent

#8E577E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8AF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →