#AAABB5#AAABB5

#AAABB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.014 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAABB5
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(235, 7%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 1.59, -5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 5.48, 286.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0028 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.014 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4794, 41.0079, 49.5425)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAABB5 #B5B4AA

analogous

#AAB1B5 #AAABB5 #AFAAB5

triadic

#AAABB5 #B5AAAB #ABB5AA

tetradic

#AAABB5 #B5AAB1 #B5B4AA #AAB5AF

square

#AAABB5 #B5AAB1 #B5B4AA #AAB5AF

split-complementary

#AAABB5 #B5AFAA #B1B5AA

monochromatic

#6A6C7A #898B99 #AAABB5 #CBCBD1 #EBECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AAABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABB5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAABB5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaabb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.014 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4cb',
    500: '#aaabb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaabb5;
$custom-light: #c3c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaabb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.01429,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAABB5

secondary

#DFDFDC

accent

#8B5591

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABB5

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

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