#A1AAA9#A1AAA9

#A1AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.010 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1AAA9
RGB	rgb(161, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -3.36, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 3.41, 189.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0101 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.01 189)
XYZ	xyz(36.2327, 39.1908, 43.1841)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1AAA9 #AAA1A2

analogous

#A1AAA5 #A1AAA9 #A1A7AA

triadic

#A1AAA9 #A9A1AA #AAA9A1

tetradic

#A1AAA9 #A5A1AA #AAA1A2 #A7AAA1

square

#A1AAA9 #A5A1AA #AAA1A2 #A7AAA1

split-complementary

#A1AAA9 #AAA1A7 #AAA5A1

monochromatic

#636E6C #818D8C #A1AAA9 #C1C7C6 #E1E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A1AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A1AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1AAA9

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1AAA9	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.010 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c2',
    500: '#a1aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1aaa9;
$custom-light: #bcc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 5.028,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.01028,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.39191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1AAA9

secondary

#D5D2D2

accent

#575D8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1AAA9

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

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