#AAAAAE#AAAAAE

#AAAAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.006 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAAAE
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 0.76, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 2.19, 290.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0016 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.006 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5909, 40.3514, 45.7917)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAAAE #AEAEAA

analogous

#AAACAE #AAAAAE #ACAAAE

triadic

#AAAAAE #AEAAAA #AAAEAA

tetradic

#AAAAAE #AEAAAC #AEAEAA #AAAEAC

square

#AAAAAE #AEAAAC #AEAEAA #AAAEAC

split-complementary

#AAAAAE #AEACAA #ACAEAA

monochromatic

#6C6C71 #8B8B90 #AAAAAE #C9C9CC #E9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAAAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AAAAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAAAE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAAAE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.006 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3c6',
    500: '#aaaaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaaae;
$custom-light: #c3c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73923,
    "c": 0.00568,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAAAE

secondary

#DBDBD9

accent

#8C598C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAAAE

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

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