#AAA2A9#AAA2A9

#AAA2A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.013 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA2A9
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 169)
HSL	hsl(308, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(308, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 4.19, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 4.92, 328.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0117 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.014 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6582, 37.2515, 42.7875)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA2A9 #A2AAA3

analogous

#A7A2AA #AAA2A9 #AAA2A5

triadic

#AAA2A9 #A9AAA2 #A2A9AA

tetradic

#AAA2A9 #AAA7A2 #A2AAA3 #A2A5AA

square

#AAA2A9 #AAA7A2 #A2AAA3 #A2A5AA

split-complementary

#AAA2A9 #A5AAA2 #A2AAA7

monochromatic

#6E646C #8D828B #AAA2A9 #C7C2C7 #E4E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA2A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AAA2A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA2A9

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA2A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA2A9	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa2a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.013 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bdc2',
    500: '#aaa2a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa2a9;
$custom-light: #c3bdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa2a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72111,
    "c": 0.0135,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA2A9

secondary

#D3D5D3

accent

#8E5E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA2A9

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

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