#AAACA8#AAACA8

#AAACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.006 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAACA8
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(90, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(90, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -1.46, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 2.32, 128.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0038 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.006 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3968, 40.8782, 42.9057)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAACA8 #AAA8AC

analogous

#ACACA8 #AAACA8 #A8ACA8

triadic

#AAACA8 #A8AAAC #ACA8AA

tetradic

#AAACA8 #A8ACAC #AAA8AC #ACA8A8

square

#AAACA8 #A8ACAC #AAA8AC #ACA8A8

split-complementary

#AAACA8 #A8A8AC #ACA8AC

monochromatic

#6D6F6A #8B8E89 #AAACA8 #C9CAC7 #E7E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AAACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAACA8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAACA8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.006 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c1',
    500: '#aaaca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaca8;
$custom-light: #c3c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.00608,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAACA8

secondary

#D8D7D9

accent

#598C73

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAACA8

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

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