#AAA8B4#AAA8B4

#AAA8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.017 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B4
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(250, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 3.03, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 6.63, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0069 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.017 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8169, 39.8465, 48.8173)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B4 #B2B4A8

analogous

#A8ACB4 #AAA8B4 #B0A8B4

triadic

#AAA8B4 #B4AAA8 #A8B4AA

tetradic

#AAA8B4 #B4A8AC #B2B4A8 #A8B4B0

square

#AAA8B4 #B4A8AC #B2B4A8 #A8B4B0

split-complementary

#AAA8B4 #B4B0A8 #ACB4A8

monochromatic

#6B6879 #8A8798 #AAA8B4 #CAC9D0 #EAEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AAA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B4

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B4	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.017 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ca',
    500: '#aaa8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b4;
$custom-light: #c3c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.01721,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B4

secondary

#DDDEDA

accent

#915487

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B4

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

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