#AAA9B6#AAA9B6

#AAA9B6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.019 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9B6
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 182)
HSL	hsl(245, 8%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(245, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 2.88, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 7.14, 293.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0062 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.019 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2074, 40.2992, 49.9599)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9B6 #B5B6A9

analogous

#A9AFB6 #AAA9B6 #B1A9B6

triadic

#AAA9B6 #B6AAA9 #A9B6AA

tetradic

#AAA9B6 #B6A9AF #B5B6A9 #A9B6B1

square

#AAA9B6 #B6A9AF #B5B6A9 #A9B6B1

split-complementary

#AAA9B6 #B6B1A9 #AFB6A9

monochromatic

#6A697C #89889A #AAA9B6 #CBCAD2 #EBEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AAA9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9B6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9B6	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)

#A6AAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.019 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2cb',
    500: '#aaa9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9b6;
$custom-light: #c3c2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 8.176,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7397,
    "c": 0.01854,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9B6

secondary

#DFDFDB

accent

#92538D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9B6

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

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