#AAA0A9#AAA0A9

#AAA0A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.017 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0A9
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 169)
HSL	hsl(306, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 5.29, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 6.27, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0147 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.017 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3087, 36.5525, 42.6710)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0A9 #A0AAA1

analogous

#A6A0AA #AAA0A9 #AAA0A4

triadic

#AAA0A9 #A9AAA0 #A0A9AA

tetradic

#AAA0A9 #AAA6A0 #A0AAA1 #A0A4AA

square

#AAA0A9 #AAA6A0 #A0AAA1 #A0A4AA

split-complementary

#AAA0A9 #A4AAA0 #A0AAA6

monochromatic

#6E626C #8D808C #AAA0A9 #C7C0C6 #E4E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AAA0A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AAA0A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0A9

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0A9	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.017 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcc2',
    500: '#aaa0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0a9;
$custom-light: #c3bcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.717,
    "c": 0.01717,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0A9

secondary

#D1D5D2

accent

#8F5C56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0A9

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

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