#AAA9B7#AAA9B7

#AAA9B7 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.020 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9B7
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 183)
HSL	hsl(244, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(244, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 3.08, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 7.69, 293.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0066 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.02 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3111, 40.3407, 50.5061)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9B7 #B6B7A9

analogous

#A9AFB7 #AAA9B7 #B1A9B7

triadic

#AAA9B7 #B7AAA9 #A9B7AA

tetradic

#AAA9B7 #B7A9AF #B6B7A9 #A9B7B1

square

#AAA9B7 #B7A9AF #B6B7A9 #A9B7B1

split-complementary

#AAA9B7 #B7B1A9 #AFB7A9

monochromatic

#6A697D #89889B #AAA9B7 #CBCAD3 #ECECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AAA9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AAA9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9B7

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9B7	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.020 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2cc',
    500: '#aaa9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9b7;
$custom-light: #c3c2cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.286,
    "s": 8.861,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.01997,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9B7

secondary

#E0E0DC

accent

#93538E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9B7

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

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