#AAABAB#AAABAB

#AAABAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.001 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAABAB
RGBrgb(170, 171, 171)
HSLhsl(180, 1%, 67%)
HSVhsv(180, 1%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0.6%, 0%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.90, -0.35, -0.12)
CIE-LCHlch(69.90, 0.38, 199.38°)
OKLaboklab(74.04% -0.0011 -0.0003)
OKLCHoklch(74.04% 0.001 197.3)
XYZxyz(38.4899, 40.6121, 44.3314)
Luminance0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAABAB #ABAAAA
analogous
#AAABAB #AAABAB #AAABAB
triadic
#AAABAB #ABAAAB #ABABAA
tetradic
#AAABAB #ABAAAB #ABAAAA #ABABAA
square
#AAABAB #ABAAAB #ABAAAA #ABABAA
split-complementary
#AAABAB #ABAAAB #ABABAA
monochromatic
#6D6E6E #8B8D8D #AAABAB #C9C9C9 #E8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#AAABAB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#AAABAB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABAB
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAABAB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAABAB1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABABAB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABABAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AAABAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aaabab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.001 197.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c4',
    500: '#aaabab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aaabab;
$custom-light: #c3c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aaabab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.592,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.00114,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAABAB
secondary
#D9D8D8
accent
#5B5B8A
background
#FBFCFC
surface
#F7F8F8
border
#D0D1D1
text
#121212
muted
#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABAB

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

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#AAABAB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva