#AAA8B0#AAA8B0

#AAA8B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.012 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B0
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(255, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 2.24, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 4.46, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0054 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.012 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4153, 39.6859, 46.7022)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B0 #AEB0A8

analogous

#A8AAB0 #AAA8B0 #AEA8B0

triadic

#AAA8B0 #B0AAA8 #A8B0AA

tetradic

#AAA8B0 #B0A8AA #AEB0A8 #A8B0AE

square

#AAA8B0 #B0A8AA #AEB0A8 #A8B0AE

split-complementary

#AAA8B0 #B0AEA8 #AAB0A8

monochromatic

#6C6974 #8B8893 #AAA8B0 #C9C8CD #E9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AAA8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B0

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B0	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.012 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c7',
    500: '#aaa8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b0;
$custom-light: #c3c1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7357,
    "c": 0.01158,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B0

secondary

#DBDBD9

accent

#8F5781

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B0

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

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