#AAA8BC#AAA8BC

#AAA8BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.029 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8BC
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(246, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(246, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 4.65, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 11.01, 295.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0099 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.029 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6555, 40.1820, 53.2339)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8BC #BABCA8

analogous

#A8B0BC #AAA8BC #B4A8BC

triadic

#AAA8BC #BCAAA8 #A8BCAA

tetradic

#AAA8BC #BCA8B0 #BABCA8 #A8BCB4

square

#AAA8BC #BCA8B0 #BABCA8 #A8BCB4

split-complementary

#AAA8BC #BCB4A8 #B0BCA8

monochromatic

#696684 #8885A1 #AAA8BC #CCCBD7 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AAA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8BC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8BC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.029 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1d0',
    500: '#aaa8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8bc;
$custom-light: #c3c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73964,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8BC

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#974E90

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8BC

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

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