#AA9CA3#AA9CA3

#AA9CA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.019 H 345.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CA3
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(330, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(330, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 6.38, -1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 6.63, 344.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0185 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.019 345.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0761, 34.9678, 39.5449)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CA3 #9CAAA3

analogous

#AA9CAA #AA9CA3 #AA9C9C

triadic

#AA9CA3 #A3AA9C #9CA3AA

tetradic

#AA9CA3 #AAAA9C #9CAAA3 #9C9CAA

square

#AA9CA3 #AAAA9C #9CAAA3 #9C9CAA

split-complementary

#AA9CA3 #9CAA9C #9CAAAA

monochromatic

#6E5E66 #8E7B84 #AA9CA3 #C6BDC2 #E3DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AA9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#AA9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CA3

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CA3	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)

#9D9EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.019 345.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9be',
    500: '#aa9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ca3;
$custom-light: #c3b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.01907,
    "h": 345.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CA3

secondary

#CED3D1

accent

#927354

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CA3

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

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