#AAA7A9#AAA7A9

#AAA7A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.004 H 337.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA7A9
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 169)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 1.45, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 1.59, 335.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0041 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.004 337.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5566, 39.0481, 43.0869)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA7A9 #A7AAA8

analogous

#A9A7AA #AAA7A9 #AAA7A7

triadic

#AAA7A9 #A9AAA7 #A7A9AA

tetradic

#AAA7A9 #AAA9A7 #A7AAA8 #A7A7AA

square

#AAA7A9 #AAA9A7 #A7AAA8 #A7A7AA

split-complementary

#AAA7A9 #A7AAA7 #A7AAA9

monochromatic

#6D696C #8C888B #AAA7A9 #C8C6C7 #E6E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA7A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AAA7A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA7A9

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA7A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA7A9	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa7a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.004 337.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1c2',
    500: '#aaa7a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa7a9;
$custom-light: #c3c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa7a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 1.734,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.00444,
    "h": 337.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA7A9

secondary

#D6D7D6

accent

#8B6B5A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA7A9

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

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