#AA9EA0#AA9EA0

#AA9EA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.014 H 6.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9EA0
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(350, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(350, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 4.73, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 4.76, 6.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0142 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.014 6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1488, 35.5382, 38.2588)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9EA0 #9EAAA8

analogous

#AA9EA6 #AA9EA0 #AAA29E

triadic

#AA9EA0 #A0AA9E #9EA0AA

tetradic

#AA9EA0 #A6AA9E #9EAAA8 #A29EAA

square

#AA9EA0 #A6AA9E #9EAAA8 #A29EAA

split-complementary

#AA9EA0 #9EAAA2 #9EA6AA

monochromatic

#6E6062 #8D7D80 #AA9EA0 #C7BFC0 #E3DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AA9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AA9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9EA0

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9EA0	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.014 6.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3babc',
    500: '#aa9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9ea0;
$custom-light: #c3babc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71011,
    "c": 0.0143,
    "h": 6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9EA0

secondary

#D0D4D3

accent

#918755

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9EA0

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

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