#AAAEA5#AAAEA5

#AAAEA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.013 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEA5
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 165)
HSL	hsl(87, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(87, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -3.09, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 5.15, 126.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.008 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.013 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5041, 41.5347, 41.5785)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEA5 #A9A5AE

analogous

#AEAEA5 #AAAEA5 #A6AEA5

triadic

#AAAEA5 #A5AAAE #AEA5AA

tetradic

#AAAEA5 #A5AEAE #A9A5AE #AEA5A6

square

#AAAEA5 #A5AEAE #A9A5AE #AEA5A6

split-complementary

#AAAEA5 #A5A6AE #AEA5AE

monochromatic

#6D7267 #8C9185 #AAAEA5 #C8CBC5 #E7E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAAEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AAAEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEA5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEA5	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.013 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6bf',
    500: '#aaaea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaea5;
$custom-light: #c3c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.01345,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEA5

secondary

#D7D6D9

accent

#568F70

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEA5

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

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