#AAA5A9#AAA5A9

#AAA5A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.008 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5A9
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 169)
HSL	hsl(312, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(312, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 2.54, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 2.91, 330.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0071 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.008 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1930, 38.3210, 42.9657)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5A9 #A5AAA6

analogous

#A8A5AA #AAA5A9 #AAA5A6

triadic

#AAA5A9 #A9AAA5 #A5A9AA

tetradic

#AAA5A9 #AAA8A5 #A5AAA6 #A5A6AA

square

#AAA5A9 #AAA8A5 #A5AAA6 #A5A6AA

split-complementary

#AAA5A9 #A6AAA5 #A5AAA8

monochromatic

#6D676C #8C868B #AAA5A9 #C8C4C7 #E5E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AAA5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5A9

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5A9	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.008 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc2',
    500: '#aaa5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5a9;
$custom-light: #c3bfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.00804,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5A9

secondary

#D5D6D5

accent

#8D6359

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5A9

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

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