#AA9FA0#AA9FA0

#AA9FA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.013 H 11.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9FA0
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(355, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(355, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 4.18, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 4.27, 12.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0127 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.013 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3201, 35.8808, 38.3159)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9FA0 #9FAAA9

analogous

#AA9FA6 #AA9FA0 #AAA49F

triadic

#AA9FA0 #A0AA9F #9FA0AA

tetradic

#AA9FA0 #A6AA9F #9FAAA9 #A49FAA

square

#AA9FA0 #A6AA9F #9FAAA9 #A49FAA

split-complementary

#AA9FA0 #9FAAA4 #9FA6AA

monochromatic

#6E6162 #8D7F80 #AA9FA0 #C7BFC0 #E3E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AA9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AA9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9FA0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9FA0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.013 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bbbc',
    500: '#aa9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9fa0;
$custom-light: #c3bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 6.077,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.01292,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9FA0

secondary

#D1D4D4

accent

#908B56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9FA0

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

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