#9AA0AE#9AA0AE

#9AA0AE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.022 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9AA0AE
RGB	rgb(154, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(222, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(222, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 0.72, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 8.01, 275.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.001 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.022 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5356, 35.0672, 45.0380)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9AA0AE #AEA89A

analogous

#9AAAAE #9AA0AE #9E9AAE

triadic

#9AA0AE #AE9AA0 #A0AE9A

tetradic

#9AA0AE #AE9AAA #AEA89A #9AAE9E

square

#9AA0AE #AE9AAA #AEA89A #9AAE9E

split-complementary

#9AA0AE #AE9E9A #AAAE9A

monochromatic

#5C6272 #788093 #9AA0AE #BCC0C9 #DEE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#9AA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#9AA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9AA0AE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9AA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9AA0AE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9aa0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.022 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bcc6',
    500: '#9aa0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9aa0ae;
$custom-light: #b7bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9aa0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7054,
    "c": 0.02151,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9AA0AE

secondary

#D5D3CE

accent

#805095

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #9AA0AE

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

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