#AAA9AB#AAA9AB

#AAA9AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.003 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9AB
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(270, 1%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 0.73, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 1.16, 309.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0019 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.003 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1150, 39.8623, 44.2064)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9AB #AAABA9

analogous

#A9A9AB #AAA9AB #ABA9AB

triadic

#AAA9AB #ABAAA9 #A9ABAA

tetradic

#AAA9AB #ABA9A9 #AAABA9 #A9ABAB

square

#AAA9AB #ABA9A9 #AAABA9 #A9ABAB

split-complementary

#AAA9AB #ABABA9 #A9ABA9

monochromatic

#6D6C6E #8B8A8D #AAA9AB #C9C8C9 #E7E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AAA9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9AB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9AB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.003 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c4',
    500: '#aaa9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ab;
$custom-light: #c3c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73623,
    "c": 0.00305,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9AB

secondary

#D8D8D8

accent

#8B5B73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9AB

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

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