#AAA9AD#AAA9AD

#AAA9AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.006 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9AD
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 173)
HSL	hsl(255, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 1.12, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 2.23, 300.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0027 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.006 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3071, 39.9391, 45.2180)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9AD #ACADA9

analogous

#A9AAAD #AAA9AD #ACA9AD

triadic

#AAA9AD #ADAAA9 #A9ADAA

tetradic

#AAA9AD #ADA9AA #ACADA9 #A9ADAC

square

#AAA9AD #ADA9AA #ACADA9 #A9ADAC

split-complementary

#AAA9AD #ADACA9 #AAADA9

monochromatic

#6C6B70 #8B8A8F #AAA9AD #C9C8CB #E8E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AAA9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9AD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9AD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.006 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c5',
    500: '#aaa9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ad;
$custom-light: #c3c2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.00578,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9AD

secondary

#D9DAD8

accent

#8C597F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9AD

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

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