#AAAEAA#AAAEAA

#AAAEAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.007 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEAA
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -2.17, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 2.67, 144.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.006 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.007 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9681, 41.7203, 44.0223)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEAA #AEAAAE

analogous

#ACAEAA #AAAEAA #AAAEAC

triadic

#AAAEAA #AAAAAE #AEAAAA

tetradic

#AAAEAA #AAACAE #AEAAAE #AEACAA

square

#AAAEAA #AAACAE #AEAAAE #AEACAA

split-complementary

#AAAEAA #ACAAAE #AEAAAC

monochromatic

#6C716C #8B908B #AAAEAA #C9CCC9 #E9EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AAAEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AAAEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEAA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEAA	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.007 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6c3',
    500: '#aaaeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaeaa;
$custom-light: #c3c6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.00722,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEAA

secondary

#DBD9DB

accent

#598C8C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEAA

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

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