#AAA9B0#AAA9B0

#AAA9B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.010 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9B0
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 176)
HSL	hsl(249, 4%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 1.70, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 3.86, 296.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0039 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.01 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6006, 40.0565, 46.7640)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9B0 #AFB0A9

analogous

#A9ABB0 #AAA9B0 #ADA9B0

triadic

#AAA9B0 #B0AAA9 #A9B0AA

tetradic

#AAA9B0 #B0A9AB #AFB0A9 #A9B0AD

square

#AAA9B0 #B0A9AB #AFB0A9 #A9B0AD

split-complementary

#AAA9B0 #B0ADA9 #ABB0A9

monochromatic

#6C6B74 #8A8993 #AAA9B0 #CAC9CD #E9E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAA9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AAA9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9B0

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9B0	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.010 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2c7',
    500: '#aaa9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9b0;
$custom-light: #c3c2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 4.242,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73778,
    "c": 0.01,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9B0

secondary

#DBDBD9

accent

#8E5786

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9B0

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

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