#A3AAA9#A3AAA9

#A3AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.008 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AAA9
RGB	rgb(163, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(171, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -2.66, -0.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 2.68, 187.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.008 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.008 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6390, 39.4003, 43.2032)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AAA9 #AAA3A4

analogous

#A3AAA5 #A3AAA9 #A3A7AA

triadic

#A3AAA9 #A9A3AA #AAA9A3

tetradic

#A3AAA9 #A5A3AA #AAA3A4 #A7AAA3

square

#A3AAA9 #A5A3AA #AAA3A4 #A7AAA3

split-complementary

#A3AAA9 #AAA3A7 #AAA5A3

monochromatic

#656D6C #838D8B #A3AAA9 #C3C7C7 #E3E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A3AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A3AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AAA9

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AAA9	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.008 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec3c2',
    500: '#a3aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aaa9;
$custom-light: #bec3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7321,
    "c": 0.00806,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AAA9

secondary

#D6D3D4

accent

#585F8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AAA9

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

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