#A9AAA2#A9AAA2

#A9AAA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.011 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AAA2
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 162)
HSL	hsl(68, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -1.84, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 4.40, 114.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0043 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.011 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2575, 39.7932, 39.8935)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AAA2 #A3A2AA

analogous

#AAA7A2 #A9AAA2 #A5AAA2

triadic

#A9AAA2 #A2A9AA #AAA2A9

tetradic

#A9AAA2 #A2AAA7 #A3A2AA #AAA2A5

square

#A9AAA2 #A2AAA7 #A3A2AA #AAA2A5

split-complementary

#A9AAA2 #A2A5AA #A7A2AA

monochromatic

#6C6E64 #8B8D82 #A9AAA2 #C7C7C2 #E4E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A9AAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A9AAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AAA2

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AAA2	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aaa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.011 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c3bd',
    500: '#a9aaa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aaa2;
$custom-light: #c2c3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aaa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73487,
    "c": 0.01136,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AAA2

secondary

#D3D3D5

accent

#578E5E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AAA2

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

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