#AA9CA6#AA9CA6

#AA9CA6 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.022 H 335.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CA6
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(317, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(317, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 6.95, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 7.71, 334.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0197 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.022 335.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3481, 35.0765, 40.9773)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CA6 #9CAAA0

analogous

#A79CAA #AA9CA6 #AA9C9F

triadic

#AA9CA6 #A6AA9C #9CA6AA

tetradic

#AA9CA6 #AAA79C #9CAAA0 #9C9FAA

square

#AA9CA6 #AAA79C #9CAAA0 #9C9FAA

split-complementary

#AA9CA6 #9FAA9C #9CAAA7

monochromatic

#6E5E69 #8E7B88 #AA9CA6 #C6BDC4 #E3DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AA9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AA9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CA6

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CA6	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.022 335.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c0',
    500: '#aa9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ca6;
$custom-light: #c3b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70787,
    "c": 0.02155,
    "h": 335.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CA6

secondary

#CED3D0

accent

#926654

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CA6

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

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