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#AAA399 — Silver Grey

#AAA399 is a gray color we call Silver Grey, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the gray family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #AAA399 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AAA399 is a neutral gray color associated with neutrality and professionalism. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #989FA9; it also sits naturally between #A99A98 and #A8A998. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AAA399 · RGB 170, 163, 153

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Color values

HEX#AAA399
RGB170, 163, 153
HSL35°, 9%, 63%
HSV35°, 10%, 67%
CMYK0%, 4%, 10%, 33%
XYZ35.42, 37.04, 35.42
Yxy37.04, 0.3284, 0.3433
CIE-Lab67.31, 0.74, 6.08
Hunter Lab60.86, 0.65, 4.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 64% · Blue 60%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 10% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AAA399 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AAA399 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AAA399

.text { color: #AAA399; }
.background { background-color: #AAA399; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AAA399; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 163, 153); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(35, 9%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AAA399; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 163, 153, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AAA399; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 163, 153, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AAA399">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AAA399">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AAA399

#9B9387#8D8477#7D7468#6C655A#5F584F#4E4841#3D3933#2C2925#1C1A17#0B0A09

Tints of #AAA399

#B0AAA0#B9B4AC#C0BBB4#C7C3BC#D1CDC7#D8D4D0#DFDCD8#E5E3E0#EFEDEC#F6F5F4

Tones of #AAA399

#A8A299#A6A29B#A5A19C#A4A19D#A3A19E#A2A1A0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #989FA9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.50:1 Fails
Against black text8.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #AAA399: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AAA399

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AAA399: ·

How #AAA399 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A7A79BDeuteranopia · #A7A89CTritanopia · #AA9D9E

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind zinc 500 · #71717ABootstrap secondary · #6C757D

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AAA399 rather than the exact color:

Palette E5dcc3
#E5DCC3 · #C7BEA2 · #AAA492 · #9A9483
Palette 524646
#524646 · #A8A492 · #FCF2E5 · #EC5B38
Palette F3eeea
#F3EEEA · #EBE3D5 · #B0A695 · #776B5D
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 607274
#607274 · #FAEED1 · #DED0B6 · #B2A59B
Palette F5efe3
#F5EFE3 · #E6E7E5 · #F7D3BA · #A6AA9C

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AAA492#A8A492#B0A695#AD9D9D#B2A59B#A6AA9C#B3A398#ADA991#B3A492#A5A58D#B7A593#A2AF9B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AAA398  ·  #AAA39A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AAA399?

#AAA399 is Silver Grey, a gray color (RGB 170, 163, 153). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AAA399?

#AAA399 is RGB 170, 163, 153 — HSL 35°, 9%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 10%, 33%.

What colors go with #AAA399?

Its complement is #989FA9; analogous partners are #A99A98 and #A8A998. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AAA399 for text?

Black text on #AAA399 has a contrast ratio of 8.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.50:1.