#AA9CA8#AA9CA8

#AA9CA8 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.023 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CA8
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 7.32, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 8.53, 329.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0204 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.023 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5329, 35.1505, 41.9510)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CA8 #9CAA9E

analogous

#A59CAA #AA9CA8 #AA9CA1

triadic

#AA9CA8 #A8AA9C #9CA8AA

tetradic

#AA9CA8 #AAA59C #9CAA9E #9CA1AA

square

#AA9CA8 #AAA59C #9CAA9E #9CA1AA

split-complementary

#AA9CA8 #A1AA9C #9CAAA5

monochromatic

#6E5E6B #8E7B8B #AA9CA8 #C6BDC5 #E3DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AA9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AA9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CA8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CA8	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.023 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c1',
    500: '#aa9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ca8;
$custom-light: #c3b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70851,
    "c": 0.02349,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CA8

secondary

#CED3CF

accent

#925D54

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CA8

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

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