#AAA3A9#AAA3A9

#AAA3A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.012 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3A9
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(309, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 3.64, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 4.25, 328.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0101 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.012 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8351, 37.6052, 42.8464)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3A9 #A3AAA4

analogous

#A7A3AA #AAA3A9 #AAA3A5

triadic

#AAA3A9 #A9AAA3 #A3A9AA

tetradic

#AAA3A9 #AAA7A3 #A3AAA4 #A3A5AA

square

#AAA3A9 #AAA7A3 #A3AAA4 #A3A5AA

split-complementary

#AAA3A9 #A5AAA3 #A3AAA7

monochromatic

#6D656C #8D838B #AAA3A9 #C7C3C7 #E5E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAA3A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AAA3A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3A9

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3A9	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.012 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bec2',
    500: '#aaa3a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3a9;
$custom-light: #c3bec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.01167,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3A9

secondary

#D3D6D4

accent

#8E5F58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3A9

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

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