#A9AFBB#A9AFBB

#A9AFBB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.018 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AFBB
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(220, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(220, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 0.28, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 6.85, 272.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0018 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.018 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6599, 42.6824, 53.1005)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AFBB #BBB5A9

analogous

#A9B8BB #A9AFBB #ACA9BB

triadic

#A9AFBB #BBA9AF #AFBBA9

tetradic

#A9AFBB #BBA9B8 #BBB5A9 #A9BBAC

square

#A9AFBB #BBA9B8 #BBB5A9 #A9BBAC

split-complementary

#A9AFBB #BBACA9 #B8BBA9

monochromatic

#677082 #878FA0 #A9AFBB #CBCFD6 #EDEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A9AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#A9AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AFBB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AFBB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.018 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6cf',
    500: '#a9afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9afbb;
$custom-light: #c2c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75299,
    "c": 0.01846,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AFBB

secondary

#E2E1DD

accent

#7E5096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AFBB

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

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