#AA9CA2#AA9CA2

#AA9CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.018 H 349.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CA2
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(334, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(334, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 6.20, -1.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 6.33, 348.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0181 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.018 349.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9868, 34.9321, 39.0749)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CA2 #9CAAA4

analogous

#AA9CA9 #AA9CA2 #AA9D9C

triadic

#AA9CA2 #A2AA9C #9CA2AA

tetradic

#AA9CA2 #A9AA9C #9CAAA4 #9D9CAA

square

#AA9CA2 #A9AA9C #9CAAA4 #9D9CAA

split-complementary

#AA9CA2 #9CAA9D #9CA9AA

monochromatic

#6E5E65 #8E7B83 #AA9CA2 #C6BDC1 #E3DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AA9CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AA9CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CA2

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CA2	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.018 349.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9bd',
    500: '#aa9ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ca2;
$custom-light: #c3b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70662,
    "c": 0.0184,
    "h": 349.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CA2

secondary

#CED3D1

accent

#927754

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CA2

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

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