#A5AAA9#A5AAA9

#A5AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.006 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAA9
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(168, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -1.96, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 1.96, 183.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0058 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.006 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0519, 39.6132, 43.2225)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAA9 #AAA5A6

analogous

#A5AAA6 #A5AAA9 #A5A8AA

triadic

#A5AAA9 #A9A5AA #AAA9A5

tetradic

#A5AAA9 #A6A5AA #AAA5A6 #A8AAA5

square

#A5AAA9 #A6A5AA #AAA5A6 #A8AAA5

split-complementary

#A5AAA9 #AAA5A8 #AAA6A5

monochromatic

#676D6C #868C8B #A5AAA9 #C4C8C7 #E4E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A5AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A5AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAA9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAA9	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.006 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c2',
    500: '#a5aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaa9;
$custom-light: #bfc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.00585,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAA9

secondary

#D6D5D5

accent

#59638D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAA9

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

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