#AAA6A9#AAA6A9

#AAA6A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.006 H 334.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6A9
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 169)
HSL	hsl(315, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(315, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 1.99, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 2.25, 332.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0056 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.006 334)
XYZ	xyz(37.3741, 38.6832, 43.0261)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6A9 #A6AAA7

analogous

#A9A6AA #AAA6A9 #AAA6A7

triadic

#AAA6A9 #A9AAA6 #A6A9AA

tetradic

#AAA6A9 #AAA9A6 #A6AAA7 #A6A7AA

square

#AAA6A9 #AAA9A6 #A6AAA7 #A6A7AA

split-complementary

#AAA6A9 #A7AAA6 #A6AAA9

monochromatic

#6D686C #8C878B #AAA6A9 #C8C5C7 #E6E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA6A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAA6A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6A9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6A9	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.006 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0c2',
    500: '#aaa6a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6a9;
$custom-light: #c3c0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.00623,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.38683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6A9

secondary

#D5D7D6

accent

#8C6659

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6A9

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

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