#AAA9AF#AAA9AF

#AAA9AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.009 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9AF
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(250, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 1.50, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 3.31, 296.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0035 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.009 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5020, 40.0171, 46.2448)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9AF #AEAFA9

analogous

#A9ABAF #AAA9AF #ADA9AF

triadic

#AAA9AF #AFAAA9 #A9AFAA

tetradic

#AAA9AF #AFA9AB #AEAFA9 #A9AFAD

square

#AAA9AF #AFA9AB #AEAFA9 #A9AFAD

split-complementary

#AAA9AF #AFADA9 #ABAFA9

monochromatic

#6C6B73 #8B8992 #AAA9AF #C9C9CC #E9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAA9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AAA9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9AF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9AF	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)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.009 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c6',
    500: '#aaa9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9af;
$custom-light: #c3c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.00859,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9AF

secondary

#DBDBD9

accent

#8D5885

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9AF

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

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