#AAAAA5#AAAAA5

#AAAAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.007 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAAA5
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -0.93, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 2.74, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.002 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.007 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7428, 40.0122, 41.3248)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAAA5 #A5A5AA

analogous

#AAA7A5 #AAAAA5 #A7AAA5

triadic

#AAAAA5 #A5AAAA #AAA5AA

tetradic

#AAAAA5 #A5AAA7 #A5A5AA #AAA5A7

square

#AAAAA5 #A5AAA7 #A5A5AA #AAA5A7

split-complementary

#AAAAA5 #A5A7AA #A7A5AA

monochromatic

#6D6D67 #8C8C86 #AAAAA5 #C8C8C4 #E5E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AAAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAAA5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAAA5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.007 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3bf',
    500: '#aaaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaaa5;
$custom-light: #c3c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73654,
    "c": 0.00707,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAAA5

secondary

#D5D5D6

accent

#598D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAAA5

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

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