#AAAA9C#AAAA9C

#AAAA9C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.020 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA9C
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -2.54, 7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 7.65, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0057 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.02 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9523, 39.6960, 37.1614)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA9C #9C9CAA

analogous

#AAA39C #AAAA9C #A3AA9C

triadic

#AAAA9C #9CAAAA #AA9CAA

tetradic

#AAAA9C #9CAAA3 #9C9CAA #AA9CA3

square

#AAAA9C #9CAAA3 #9C9CAA #AA9CA3

split-complementary

#AAAA9C #9CA3AA #A39CAA

monochromatic

#6E6E5E #8E8E7B #AAAA9C #C6C6BD #E3E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AAAA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA9C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA9C	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.020 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3b9',
    500: '#aaaa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa9c;
$custom-light: #c3c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.01971,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA9C

secondary

#CECED3

accent

#549254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA9C

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

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