#AAA9A7#AAA9A7

#AAA9A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.003 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAA9A7
RGBrgb(170, 169, 167)
HSLhsl(40, 2%, 66%)
HSVhsv(40, 2%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.6%, 1.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.26, -0.02, 1.15)
CIE-LCHlch(69.26, 1.15, 90.91°)
OKLaboklab(73.5% 0.0003 0.0031)
OKLCHoklch(73.5% 0.003 84.6)
XYZxyz(37.7395, 39.7121, 42.2287)
Luminance0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAA9A7 #A7A8AA
analogous
#AAA7A7 #AAA9A7 #A9AAA7
triadic
#AAA9A7 #A7AAA9 #A9A7AA
tetradic
#AAA9A7 #A7AAA7 #A7A8AA #AAA7A9
square
#AAA9A7 #A7AAA7 #A7A8AA #AAA7A9
split-complementary
#AAA9A7 #A7A9AA #A7A7AA
monochromatic
#6D6C69 #8C8B88 #AAA9A7 #C8C7C6 #E6E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#AAA9A7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94
#AAA9A7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9A7
8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAA9A7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAA9A71.002.358.948.94
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9421.001.001.00
##0000008.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAA9A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA9A7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ABA9A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aaa9a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.003 84.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c1',
    500: '#aaa9a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aaa9a7;
$custom-light: #c3c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aaa9a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 1.734,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.00307,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAA9A7
secondary
#D6D6D7
accent
#6B8B5A
background
#FBFBFB
surface
#F7F7F7
border
#D0D0D0
text
#121212
muted
#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9A7

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#AAA9A7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva