#A2AAA9#A2AAA9

#A2AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.009 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2AAA9
RGB	rgb(162, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(173, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -3.01, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 3.05, 188.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0091 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.009 188)
XYZ	xyz(36.4350, 39.2951, 43.1936)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2AAA9 #AAA2A3

analogous

#A2AAA5 #A2AAA9 #A2A7AA

triadic

#A2AAA9 #A9A2AA #AAA9A2

tetradic

#A2AAA9 #A5A2AA #AAA2A3 #A7AAA2

square

#A2AAA9 #A5A2AA #AAA2A3 #A7AAA2

split-complementary

#A2AAA9 #AAA2A7 #AAA5A2

monochromatic

#646E6C #828D8B #A2AAA9 #C2C7C7 #E2E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A2AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A2AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2AAA9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2AAA9	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.009 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3c2',
    500: '#a2aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2aaa9;
$custom-light: #bdc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73132,
    "c": 0.00917,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.39295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2AAA9

secondary

#D5D3D3

accent

#575E8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2AAA9

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

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