#AAA8B9#AAA8B9

#AAA8B9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.024 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8B9
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 185)
HSL	hsl(247, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(247, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 4.04, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 9.37, 295.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0088 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.024 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3355, 40.0539, 51.5484)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8B9 #B7B9A8

analogous

#A8AFB9 #AAA8B9 #B3A8B9

triadic

#AAA8B9 #B9AAA8 #A8B9AA

tetradic

#AAA8B9 #B9A8AF #B7B9A8 #A8B9B3

square

#AAA8B9 #B9A8AF #B7B9A8 #A8B9B3

split-complementary

#AAA8B9 #B9B3A8 #AFB9A8

monochromatic

#6A6780 #89869E #AAA8B9 #CBCAD4 #ECECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAA8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AAA8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8B9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8B9	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.024 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ce',
    500: '#aaa8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8b9;
$custom-light: #c3c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 10.828,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.02432,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8B9

secondary

#E0E1DC

accent

#95518D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8B9

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

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