#AAA9A8#AAA9A8

#AAA9A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.002 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9A8
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(30, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 0.17, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 0.66, 75.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0007 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.002 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8323, 39.7492, 42.7175)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9A8 #A8A9AA

analogous

#AAA8A8 #AAA9A8 #AAAAA8

triadic

#AAA9A8 #A8AAA9 #A9A8AA

tetradic

#AAA9A8 #A8AAA8 #A8A9AA #AAA8AA

square

#AAA9A8 #A8AAA8 #A8A9AA #AAA8AA

split-complementary

#AAA9A8 #A8AAAA #A8A8AA

monochromatic

#6D6C6B #8C8A89 #AAA9A8 #C8C8C7 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AAA9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9A8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9A8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.002 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c1',
    500: '#aaa9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9a8;
$custom-light: #c3c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.00183,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9A8

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#738B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9A8

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

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