#AAACA9#AAACA9

#AAACA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.005 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAACA9
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 169)
HSL	hsl(100, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(100, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -1.27, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 1.81, 134.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0034 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.005 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4903, 40.9156, 43.3982)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAACA9 #ABA9AC

analogous

#ACACA9 #AAACA9 #A9ACAA

triadic

#AAACA9 #A9AAAC #ACA9AA

tetradic

#AAACA9 #A9ACAC #ABA9AC #ACAAA9

square

#AAACA9 #A9ACAC #ABA9AC #ACAAA9

split-complementary

#AAACA9 #AAA9AC #ACA9AC

monochromatic

#6D6F6B #8B8E8A #AAACA9 #C9CAC8 #E8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAACA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AAACA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAACA9

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAACA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAACA9	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.005 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4c2',
    500: '#aaaca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaca9;
$custom-light: #c3c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.00479,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAACA9

secondary

#D9D8D9

accent

#5A8C7B

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAACA9

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

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