#AAABA8#AAABA8

#AAABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.004 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAABA8
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(80, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(80, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -0.92, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 1.69, 122.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0023 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.004 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2072, 40.4990, 42.8425)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAABA8 #A9A8AB

analogous

#ABABA8 #AAABA8 #A9ABA8

triadic

#AAABA8 #A8AAAB #ABA8AA

tetradic

#AAABA8 #A8ABAB #A9A8AB #ABA8A9

square

#AAABA8 #A8ABAB #A9A8AB #ABA8A9

split-complementary

#AAABA8 #A8A9AB #ABA8AB

monochromatic

#6D6E6A #8C8D89 #AAABA8 #C8C9C7 #E7E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#AAABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABA8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAABA8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.004 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c1',
    500: '#aaaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaba8;
$custom-light: #c3c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73952,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAABA8

secondary

#D7D7D8

accent

#5A8C6A

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABA8

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

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