#AAA8B3#AAA8B3

#AAA8B3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.016 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B3
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 179)
HSL	hsl(251, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 2.83, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 6.09, 297.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0065 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.016 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7154, 39.8059, 48.2828)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B3 #B1B3A8

analogous

#A8ABB3 #AAA8B3 #AFA8B3

triadic

#AAA8B3 #B3AAA8 #A8B3AA

tetradic

#AAA8B3 #B3A8AB #B1B3A8 #A8B3AF

square

#AAA8B3 #B3A8AB #B1B3A8 #A8B3AF

split-complementary

#AAA8B3 #B3AFA8 #ABB3A8

monochromatic

#6B6978 #8A8796 #AAA8B3 #CAC9D0 #EAE9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AAA8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B3

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B3	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.016 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c9',
    500: '#aaa8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b3;
$custom-light: #c3c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 6.748,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.0158,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B3

secondary

#DCDDDA

accent

#915586

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B3

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

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