#AAA8B5#AAA8B5

#AAA8B5 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.019 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B5
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 181)
HSL	hsl(249, 8%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 3.23, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 7.18, 296.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0073 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.019 293)
XYZ	xyz(38.9191, 39.8874, 49.3558)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B5 #B3B5A8

analogous

#A8ACB5 #AAA8B5 #B0A8B5

triadic

#AAA8B5 #B5AAA8 #A8B5AA

tetradic

#AAA8B5 #B5A8AC #B3B5A8 #A8B5B0

square

#AAA8B5 #B5A8AC #B3B5A8 #A8B5B0

split-complementary

#AAA8B5 #B5B0A8 #ACB5A8

monochromatic

#6B687A #8A8799 #AAA8B5 #CAC9D1 #EBEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAA8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AAA8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.019 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1cb',
    500: '#aaa8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b5;
$custom-light: #c3c1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 8.075,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73731,
    "c": 0.01863,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.39888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B5

secondary

#DEDEDA

accent

#925388

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B5

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

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