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#aaa5af

a light, muted gray · warm · closest name: silver

RGB
170, 165, 175
HSL
270°, 6%, 67%
CMYK
3, 6, 0, 31
Luminance
0.3855

Every format

HEX#aaa5af
RGBrgb(170, 165, 175)
HSLhsl(270, 6%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 6%, 0%, 31%)
LABlab(68.4 3.7 -4.5)
LCHlch(68.4 5.8 309.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.729 0.015 308.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aaa5af;
background-color: #aaa5af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aaa5af] bg-[#aaa5af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aaa5af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.647, blue: 0.686)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aaa5af")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aaa5af on white: 2.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aaa5af on black: 8.71:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green64.7%
Blue68.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.9%
Magenta5.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)31.4%

Color previews

#aaa5af text on a black background

contrast 8.71:1

Card sample

#aaa5af text on a white background

contrast 2.41:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aaa5af;
Background color
Panel with #aaa5af background
background-color: #aaa5af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aaa5af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 165, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 165, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aaa5af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa5af, #AFA5AD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aaa5af

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aaa5af in the Color Lab