#AA9CAA#AA9CAA

#AA9CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.026 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9CAA
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 7.71, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 9.42, 324.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0212 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.026 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7207, 35.2256, 42.9398)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9CAA #9CAA9C

analogous

#A39CAA #AA9CAA #AA9CA3

triadic

#AA9CAA #AAAA9C #9CAAAA

tetradic

#AA9CAA #AAA39C #9CAA9C #9CA3AA

square

#AA9CAA #AAA39C #9CAA9C #9CA3AA

split-complementary

#AA9CAA #A3AA9C #9CAAA3

monochromatic

#6E5E6E #8E7B8E #AA9CAA #C6BDC6 #E3DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AA9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AA9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9CAA

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9CAA	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.026 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c3',
    500: '#aa9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9caa;
$custom-light: #c3b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.02561,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9CAA

secondary

#CED3CE

accent

#925454

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9CAA

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

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