#AAA9AE#AAA9AE

#AAA9AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.007 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9AE
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 1.31, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 2.77, 298.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0031 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.007 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4042, 39.9780, 45.7295)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9AE #ADAEA9

analogous

#A9ABAE #AAA9AE #ADA9AE

triadic

#AAA9AE #AEAAA9 #A9AEAA

tetradic

#AAA9AE #AEA9AB #ADAEA9 #A9AEAD

square

#AAA9AE #AEA9AB #ADAEA9 #A9AEAD

split-complementary

#AAA9AE #AEADA9 #ABAEA9

monochromatic

#6C6B72 #8B8990 #AAA9AE #C9C9CC #E8E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AAA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9AE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9AE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.007 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c6',
    500: '#aaa9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ae;
$custom-light: #c3c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73715,
    "c": 0.00718,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9AE

secondary

#DADAD9

accent

#8D5982

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9AE

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

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