#AAA9B5#AAA9B5

#AAA9B5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.017 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9B5
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 181)
HSL	hsl(245, 8%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(245, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 2.68, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 6.59, 294.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0058 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.017 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1045, 40.2581, 49.4176)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9B5 #B4B5A9

analogous

#A9AEB5 #AAA9B5 #B0A9B5

triadic

#AAA9B5 #B5AAA9 #A9B5AA

tetradic

#AAA9B5 #B5A9AE #B4B5A9 #A9B5B0

square

#AAA9B5 #B5A9AE #B4B5A9 #A9B5B0

split-complementary

#AAA9B5 #B5B0A9 #AEB5A9

monochromatic

#6B697A #898899 #AAA9B5 #CBCAD1 #EBEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AAA9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9B5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9B5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.017 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2cb',
    500: '#aaa9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9b5;
$custom-light: #c3c2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 7.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73937,
    "c": 0.01711,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9B5

secondary

#DEDFDB

accent

#91548C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9B5

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

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