#AAA9AA#AAA9AA

#AAA9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.002 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9AA
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 0.54, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 0.67, 324.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0015 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.002 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0200, 39.8243, 43.7063)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9AA #A9AAA9

analogous

#AAA9AA #AAA9AA #AAA9AA

triadic

#AAA9AA #AAAAA9 #A9AAAA

tetradic

#AAA9AA #AAAAA9 #A9AAA9 #A9AAAA

square

#AAA9AA #AAAAA9 #A9AAA9 #A9AAAA

split-complementary

#AAA9AA #AAAAA9 #A9AAAA

monochromatic

#6D6C6D #8C8A8C #AAA9AA #C8C8C8 #E7E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AAA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9AA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9AA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.002 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c3',
    500: '#aaa9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9aa;
$custom-light: #c3c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.585,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.00181,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9AA

secondary

#D7D8D7

accent

#8A5B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9AA

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

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