HEX atlas value

#AAA9AD

#AAA9AD is a neutral gray HEX color nearest Silver Metallic. RGB 170, 169, 173, HSL 255° 2% 67%, luminance 0.3994; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral muted

#AAA9AD Sample readable text

HEX #AAA9AD

RGB rgb(170, 169, 173)

HSL hsl(255 2% 67%)

CMYK cmyk(2, 2, 0, 32)

Luminance 0.3994

Contrast Black 8.99:1White 2.34:1

CSS

--color-aaa9ad: #AAA9AD;
.background-aaa9ad { background-color: #AAA9AD; }
.text-aaa9ad { color: #AAA9AD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #AAA9AD

#AAA9AD is classified as a neutral gray value with muted visual character. #AAA9AD is visually closest to Silver Metallic, a named gray color with HEX #AAA9AD.

The RGB channels are 170, 169, and 173, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 255deg with 2% saturation and 67% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.3994, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.99:1AA Pass

White text2.34:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #AAA9AD needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.99:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.34:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D8D8DA#D8D8DA · #000000 text · best 14.75:1 Galvanized Steel#A9B0B4 · #000000 text · best 9.56:1 #ACADA9#ACADA9 · #000000 text · best 9.3:1 #ABABAB#ABABAB · #000000 text · best 9.14:1 #A9AAAD#A9AAAD · #000000 text · best 9.04:1

Generated Palette

Silver Metallic#AAA9AD

#ACADA9#ACADA9

#A9AAAD#A9AAAD

#ACA9AD#ACA9AD

#D8D8DA#D8D8DA

#7C7A7F#7C7A7F

Color Harmonies

#ACADA9#ACADA9

#A9AAAD#A9AAAD

#ACA9AD#ACA9AD

#ADAAA9#ADAAA9

#A9ADAA#A9ADAA

Variants

#D8D8DA#D8D8DA

#7C7A7F#7C7A7F

#A197BF#A197BF

#ABABAB#ABABAB

Mercury#EBEBEB

#9F80FF#9F80FF

Nearest Named Colors

Silver Metallic#AAA9AD

Dark Gray#A9A9A9

Dark Grey#A9A9A9

Galvanized Steel#A9B0B4

Greige#B0A999

Luminance0.3994

Black text8.99:1AA Pass

White text2.34:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#AAA9AD","rgb":[170,169,173],"hsl":[255,2,67],"cmyk":[2,2,0,32],"luminance":0.3994,"contrast":{"black":8.99,"white":2.34}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.99,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.34,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D8D8DA","hex":"#D8D8DA","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.75,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Galvanized Steel","hex":"#A9B0B4","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.56,"contrastWhite":2.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ACADA9","hex":"#ACADA9","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.3,"contrastWhite":2.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ABABAB","hex":"#ABABAB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.14,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A9AAAD","hex":"#A9AAAD","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.04,"contrastWhite":2.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","muted","muted gray","Silver Metallic adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/aaa9ad.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/silver-metallic.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-grey.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#ACADA9","analogous":["#A9AAAD","#ACA9AD"],"triadic":["#ADAAA9","#A9ADAA"],"tetradic":["#ADA9AA","#ACADA9","#A9ADAC"],"splitComplementary":["#ADACA9","#AAADA9"],"monochromatic":["#D8D8DA","#AAA9AD","#7C7A7F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D8D8DA","dark":"#7C7A7F","saturated":"#A197BF","desaturated":"#ABABAB","pastel":"#EBEBEB","neon":"#9F80FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"silver-metallic","name":"Silver Metallic","hex":"#AAA9AD","distance":0},{"slug":"dark-gray","name":"Dark Gray","hex":"#A9A9A9","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"dark-grey","name":"Dark Grey","hex":"#A9A9A9","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"galvanized-steel","name":"Galvanized Steel","hex":"#A9B0B4","distance":9.9498743710662},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":20.8806130178211}]

#AAA9AD

CSS

About #AAA9AD

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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