#AAA9B4#AAA9B4

#AAA9B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.016 H 290.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9B4
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(245, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(245, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 2.48, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 6.04, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0054 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.016 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0022, 40.2172, 48.8791)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9B4 #B3B4A9

analogous

#A9ADB4 #AAA9B4 #AFA9B4

triadic

#AAA9B4 #B4AAA9 #A9B4AA

tetradic

#AAA9B4 #B4A9AD #B3B4A9 #A9B4AF

square

#AAA9B4 #B4A9AD #B3B4A9 #A9B4AF

split-complementary

#AAA9B4 #B4AFA9 #ADB4A9

monochromatic

#6B6A79 #8A8897 #AAA9B4 #CACAD1 #EBEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AAA9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9B4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9B4	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.016 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2ca',
    500: '#aaa9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9b4;
$custom-light: #c3c2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 6.832,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73905,
    "c": 0.01569,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9B4

secondary

#DEDEDB

accent

#91558B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9B4

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

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