#AAA9A0#AAA9A0

#AAA9A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.013 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9A0
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 160)
HSL	hsl(54, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -1.30, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 4.94, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0026 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.013 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1098, 39.4602, 38.9125)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9A0 #A0A1AA

analogous

#AAA4A0 #AAA9A0 #A6AAA0

triadic

#AAA9A0 #A0AAA9 #A9A0AA

tetradic

#AAA9A0 #A0AAA4 #A0A1AA #AAA0A6

square

#AAA9A0 #A0AAA4 #A0A1AA #AAA0A6

split-complementary

#AAA9A0 #A0A6AA #A4A0AA

monochromatic

#6E6C62 #8D8C80 #AAA9A0 #C7C6C0 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA9A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAA9A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9A0

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9A0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.013 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2bc',
    500: '#aaa9a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9a0;
$custom-light: #c3c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73302,
    "c": 0.01277,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9A0

secondary

#D1D2D5

accent

#5C8F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9A0

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

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