#AAA6BF#AAA6BF

#AAA6BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.036 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6BF
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(250, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 6.38, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 13.84, 297.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.014 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.036 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6159, 39.5799, 54.8327)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6BF #BBBFA6

analogous

#A6AEBF #AAA6BF #B7A6BF

triadic

#AAA6BF #BFAAA6 #A6BFAA

tetradic

#AAA6BF #BFA6AE #BBBFA6 #A6BFB7

square

#AAA6BF #BFA6AE #BBBFA6 #A6BFB7

split-complementary

#AAA6BF #BFB7A6 #AEBFA6

monochromatic

#686288 #8882A5 #AAA6BF #CCCAD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AAA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6BF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6BF	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.036 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0d2',
    500: '#aaa6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6bf;
$custom-light: #c3c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73659,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6BF

secondary

#E3E4DD

accent

#9B4B8E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6BF

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

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