#AAA8BA#AAA8BA

#AAA8BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.026 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8BA
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(247, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(247, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 4.24, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 9.91, 295.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0092 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.026 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4414, 40.0963, 52.1063)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8BA #B8BAA8

analogous

#A8AFBA #AAA8BA #B3A8BA

triadic

#AAA8BA #BAAAA8 #A8BAAA

tetradic

#AAA8BA #BAA8AF #B8BAA8 #A8BAB3

square

#AAA8BA #BAA8AF #B8BAA8 #A8BAB3

split-complementary

#AAA8BA #BAB3A8 #AFBAA8

monochromatic

#696681 #89869F #AAA8BA #CBCAD5 #EDECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AAA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8BA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8BA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.026 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ce',
    500: '#aaa8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ba;
$custom-light: #c3c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73896,
    "c": 0.02575,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8BA

secondary

#E1E1DC

accent

#96508E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8BA

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

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