#AAABA9#AAABA9

#AAABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.003 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAABA9
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(90, 1%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(90, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -0.73, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 1.16, 129.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0019 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.003 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3007, 40.5364, 43.3350)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAABA9 #AAA9AB

analogous

#ABABA9 #AAABA9 #A9ABA9

triadic

#AAABA9 #A9AAAB #ABA9AA

tetradic

#AAABA9 #A9ABAB #AAA9AB #ABA9A9

square

#AAABA9 #A9ABAB #AAA9AB #ABA9A9

split-complementary

#AAABA9 #A9A9AB #ABA9AB

monochromatic

#6D6E6C #8B8D8A #AAABA9 #C9C9C8 #E7E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AAABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABA9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAABA9	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.003 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c2',
    500: '#aaaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaba9;
$custom-light: #c3c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 1.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.00304,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAABA9

secondary

#D8D8D8

accent

#5B8B73

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABA9

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

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