#AAA9A5#AAA9A5

#AAA9A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.006 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9A5
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 165)
HSL	hsl(48, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -0.39, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 2.22, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0005 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.006 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5560, 39.6387, 41.2625)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9A5 #A5A6AA

analogous

#AAA6A5 #AAA9A5 #A8AAA5

triadic

#AAA9A5 #A5AAA9 #A9A5AA

tetradic

#AAA9A5 #A5AAA6 #A5A6AA #AAA5A8

square

#AAA9A5 #A5AAA6 #A5A6AA #AAA5A8

split-complementary

#AAA9A5 #A5A8AA #A6A5AA

monochromatic

#6D6C67 #8C8B86 #AAA9A5 #C8C7C4 #E5E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAA9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9A5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9A5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.006 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2bf',
    500: '#aaa9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9a5;
$custom-light: #c3c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73445,
    "c": 0.00579,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9A5

secondary

#D5D5D6

accent

#638D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9A5

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

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