#AA9E9E#AA9E9E

#AA9E9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E9E
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 7.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 4.37, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 4.64, 19.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0134 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9753, 35.4688, 37.3448)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E9E #9EAAAA

analogous

#AA9EA4 #AA9E9E #AAA49E

triadic

#AA9E9E #9EAA9E #9E9EAA

tetradic

#AA9E9E #A4AA9E #9EAAAA #A49EAA

square

#AA9E9E #A4AA9E #9EAAAA #A49EAA

split-complementary

#AA9E9E #9EAAA4 #9EA4AA

monochromatic

#6E6060 #8D7D7D #AA9E9E #C7BFBF #E3DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AA9E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#AA9E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E9E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E9E	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3baba',
    500: '#aa9e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e9e;
$custom-light: #c3baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70952,
    "c": 0.01407,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E9E

secondary

#D0D4D4

accent

#919155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E9E

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

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