#AAA8B8#AAA8B8

#AAA8B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.023 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B8
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(248, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(248, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 3.84, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 8.82, 295.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0084 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.023 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2303, 40.0119, 50.9944)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B8 #B6B8A8

analogous

#A8AEB8 #AAA8B8 #B2A8B8

triadic

#AAA8B8 #B8AAA8 #A8B8AA

tetradic

#AAA8B8 #B8A8AE #B6B8A8 #A8B8B2

square

#AAA8B8 #B8A8AE #B6B8A8 #A8B8B2

split-complementary

#AAA8B8 #B8B2A8 #AEB8A8

monochromatic

#6A677E #89869D #AAA8B8 #CBCAD4 #ECEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AAA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.023 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1cd',
    500: '#aaa8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b8;
$custom-light: #c3c1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.02289,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B8

secondary

#E0E0DC

accent

#94518C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B8

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

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