#AAACA6#AAACA6

#AAACA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAACA6
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(80, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(80, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -1.83, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 3.37, 122.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0046 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2119, 40.8043, 41.9319)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAACA6 #A8A6AC

analogous

#ACABA6 #AAACA6 #A7ACA6

triadic

#AAACA6 #A6AAAC #ACA6AA

tetradic

#AAACA6 #A6ACAB #A8A6AC #ACA6A7

square

#AAACA6 #A6ACAB #A8A6AC #ACA6A7

split-complementary

#AAACA6 #A6A7AC #ABA6AC

monochromatic

#6D7068 #8C8E86 #AAACA6 #C8CAC6 #E6E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AAACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAACA6

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAACA6	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c0',
    500: '#aaaca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaca6;
$custom-light: #c3c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74104,
    "c": 0.00876,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAACA6

secondary

#D7D6D8

accent

#588D6A

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAACA6

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

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