#AAA9A4#AAA9A4

#AAA9A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.007 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9A4
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 164)
HSL	hsl(50, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -0.57, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 2.76, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0009 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.007 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4654, 39.6024, 40.7851)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9A4 #A4A5AA

analogous

#AAA6A4 #AAA9A4 #A8AAA4

triadic

#AAA9A4 #A4AAA9 #A9A4AA

tetradic

#AAA9A4 #A4AAA6 #A4A5AA #AAA4A8

square

#AAA9A4 #A4AAA6 #A4A5AA #AAA4A8

split-complementary

#AAA9A4 #A4A8AA #A6A4AA

monochromatic

#6D6C66 #8C8B84 #AAA9A4 #C8C7C4 #E5E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AAA9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9A4

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9A4	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.007 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2bf',
    500: '#aaa9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9a4;
$custom-light: #c3c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73416,
    "c": 0.00718,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9A4

secondary

#D4D4D6

accent

#618D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9A4

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

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