#AAA8BF#AAA8BF

#AAA8BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.033 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8BF
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(245, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 5.28, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 12.65, 294.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.011 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.033 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9822, 40.3127, 54.9548)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8BF #BDBFA8

analogous

#A8B1BF #AAA8BF #B5A8BF

triadic

#AAA8BF #BFAAA8 #A8BFAA

tetradic

#AAA8BF #BFA8B1 #BDBFA8 #A8BFB5

square

#AAA8BF #BFA8B1 #BDBFA8 #A8BFB5

split-complementary

#AAA8BF #BFB5A8 #B1BFA8

monochromatic

#676488 #8885A5 #AAA8BF #CCCBD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AAA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8BF

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8BF	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.033 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1d2',
    500: '#aaa8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8bf;
$custom-light: #c3c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.217,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74067,
    "c": 0.03289,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8BF

secondary

#E4E5DE

accent

#994C93

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8BF

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

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