#AAA9AC#AAA9AC

#AAA9AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.004 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9AC
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(260, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 0.92, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 1.69, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0023 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.004 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2107, 39.9005, 44.7103)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9AC #ABACA9

analogous

#A9AAAC #AAA9AC #ACA9AC

triadic

#AAA9AC #ACAAA9 #A9ACAA

tetradic

#AAA9AC #ACA9AA #ABACA9 #A9ACAC

square

#AAA9AC #ACA9AA #ABACA9 #A9ACAC

split-complementary

#AAA9AC #ACACA9 #AAACA9

monochromatic

#6D6B6F #8B8A8E #AAA9AC #C9C8CA #E8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AAA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9AC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9AC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.004 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c4',
    500: '#aaa9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ac;
$custom-light: #c3c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73654,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9AC

secondary

#D9D9D8

accent

#8C5A7B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9AC

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

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