#AAAAAF#AAAAAF

#AAAAAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAAAF
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 0.96, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 2.74, 290.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.002 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.007 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6888, 40.3906, 46.3071)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAAAF #AFAFAA

analogous

#AAACAF #AAAAAF #ACAAAF

triadic

#AAAAAF #AFAAAA #AAAFAA

tetradic

#AAAAAF #AFAAAC #AFAFAA #AAAFAC

square

#AAAAAF #AFAAAC #AFAFAA #AAAFAC

split-complementary

#AAAAAF #AFACAA #ACAFAA

monochromatic

#6C6C73 #8A8A91 #AAAAAF #CACACD #E9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAAAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AAAAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAAAF

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAAAF	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 286.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.0071,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAAAF

secondary

#DBDBDA

accent

#8D598D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAAAF

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

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