#AAABAE#AAABAE

#AAABAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.004 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAABAE
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(225, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 0.22, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 1.68, 277.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0001 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.004 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7791, 40.7278, 45.8545)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAABAE #AEADAA

analogous

#AAADAE #AAABAE #ABAAAE

triadic

#AAABAE #AEAAAB #ABAEAA

tetradic

#AAABAE #AEAAAD #AEADAA #AAAEAB

square

#AAABAE #AEAAAD #AEADAA #AAAEAB

split-complementary

#AAABAE #AEABAA #ADAEAA

monochromatic

#6C6D71 #8B8C90 #AAABAE #C9CACC #E9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AAABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABAE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAABAE	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.004 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c6',
    500: '#aaabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaabae;
$custom-light: #c3c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.00442,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAABAE

secondary

#DBDAD9

accent

#7F598C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABAE

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

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