#AAA9A3#AAA9A3

#AAA9A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.009 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9A3
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 163)
HSL	hsl(51, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -0.75, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 3.30, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0013 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.009 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3754, 39.5664, 40.3113)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9A3 #A3A4AA

analogous

#AAA5A3 #AAA9A3 #A7AAA3

triadic

#AAA9A3 #A3AAA9 #A9A3AA

tetradic

#AAA9A3 #A3AAA5 #A3A4AA #AAA3A7

square

#AAA9A3 #A3AAA5 #A3A4AA #AAA3A7

split-complementary

#AAA9A3 #A3A7AA #A5A3AA

monochromatic

#6D6C65 #8D8B83 #AAA9A3 #C7C7C3 #E5E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA9A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AAA9A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9A3

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9A3	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.009 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2be',
    500: '#aaa9a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9a3;
$custom-light: #c3c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.00857,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9A3

secondary

#D3D4D6

accent

#5F8E58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9A3

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

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