#A7AAA9#A7AAA9

#A7AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.004 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7AAA9
RGB	rgb(167, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(160, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -1.25, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 1.26, 173.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0037 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.004 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4712, 39.8294, 43.2422)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7AAA9 #AAA7A8

analogous

#A7AAA7 #A7AAA9 #A7A9AA

triadic

#A7AAA9 #A9A7AA #AAA9A7

tetradic

#A7AAA9 #A7A7AA #AAA7A8 #A9AAA7

square

#A7AAA9 #A7A7AA #AAA7A8 #A9AAA7

split-complementary

#A7AAA9 #AAA7A9 #AAA7A7

monochromatic

#696D6C #888C8B #A7AAA9 #C6C8C7 #E5E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A7AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A7AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7AAA9

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7AAA9	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.004 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c2',
    500: '#a7aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7aaa9;
$custom-light: #c1c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 1.734,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.00369,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7AAA9

secondary

#D7D6D6

accent

#5A6B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7AAA9

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

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