#AAAEAD#AAAEAD

#AAAEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.005 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEAD
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(165, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -1.60, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 1.60, 179.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0047 0)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.005 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2551, 41.8351, 45.5340)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEAD #AEAAAB

analogous

#AAAEAB #AAAEAD #AAADAE

triadic

#AAAEAD #ADAAAE #AEADAA

tetradic

#AAAEAD #ABAAAE #AEAAAB #ADAEAA

square

#AAAEAD #ABAAAE #AEAAAB #ADAEAA

split-complementary

#AAAEAD #AEAAAD #AEABAA

monochromatic

#6C7170 #8B908F #AAAEAD #C9CCCB #E9EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AAAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEAD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEAD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.005 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6c5',
    500: '#aaaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaead;
$custom-light: #c3c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7473,
    "c": 0.00474,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEAD

secondary

#DBD9DA

accent

#59668C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEAD

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

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