#AAA8B2#AAA8B2

#AAA8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.014 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B2
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(252, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 2.64, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 5.55, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0061 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.014 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6146, 39.7656, 47.7521)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B2 #B0B2A8

analogous

#A8ABB2 #AAA8B2 #AFA8B2

triadic

#AAA8B2 #B2AAA8 #A8B2AA

tetradic

#AAA8B2 #B2A8AB #B0B2A8 #A8B2AF

square

#AAA8B2 #B2A8AB #B0B2A8 #A8B2AF

split-complementary

#AAA8B2 #B2AFA8 #ABB2A8

monochromatic

#6C6977 #8A8895 #AAA8B2 #CAC8CF #E9E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AAA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.014 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c9',
    500: '#aaa8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b2;
$custom-light: #c3c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.01439,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B2

secondary

#DCDCD9

accent

#905684

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B2

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

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