#AAA8BE#AAA8BE

#AAA8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8BE
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(245, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 5.07, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 12.10, 294.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0107 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8726, 40.2688, 54.3772)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8BE #BCBEA8

analogous

#A8B1BE #AAA8BE #B5A8BE

triadic

#AAA8BE #BEAAA8 #A8BEAA

tetradic

#AAA8BE #BEA8B1 #BCBEA8 #A8BEB5

square

#AAA8BE #BEA8B1 #BCBEA8 #A8BEB5

split-complementary

#AAA8BE #BEB5A8 #B1BEA8

monochromatic

#686587 #8885A4 #AAA8BE #CCCBD8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AAA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8BE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8BE	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)

#A3ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1d1',
    500: '#aaa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8be;
$custom-light: #c3c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.03146,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8BE

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#994D92

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8BE

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

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