#AAA8BD#AAA8BD

#AAA8BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.030 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8BD
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(246, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(246, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 4.86, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 11.55, 294.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0103 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.03 290)
XYZ	xyz(39.7637, 40.2252, 53.8036)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8BD #BBBDA8

analogous

#A8B1BD #AAA8BD #B4A8BD

triadic

#AAA8BD #BDAAA8 #A8BDAA

tetradic

#AAA8BD #BDA8B1 #BBBDA8 #A8BDB4

square

#AAA8BD #BDA8B1 #BBBDA8 #A8BDB4

split-complementary

#AAA8BD #BDB4A8 #B1BDA8

monochromatic

#686585 #8885A3 #AAA8BD #CCCBD7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AAA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8BD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8BD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.030 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1d0',
    500: '#aaa8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8bd;
$custom-light: #c3c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73998,
    "c": 0.03003,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8BD

secondary

#E3E3DD

accent

#984E91

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8BD

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

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