#AAA9B8#AAA9B8

#AAA9B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.021 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9B8
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 184)
HSL	hsl(244, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(244, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 3.29, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 8.23, 293.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0069 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.021 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4156, 40.3825, 51.0562)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9B8 #B7B8A9

analogous

#A9B0B8 #AAA9B8 #B2A9B8

triadic

#AAA9B8 #B8AAA9 #A9B8AA

tetradic

#AAA9B8 #B8A9B0 #B7B8A9 #A9B8B2

square

#AAA9B8 #B8A9B0 #B7B8A9 #A9B8B2

split-complementary

#AAA9B8 #B8B2A9 #B0B8A9

monochromatic

#6A687E #89879C #AAA9B8 #CBCBD4 #ECECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAA9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#AAA9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9B8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9B8	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.021 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2cd',
    500: '#aaa9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9b8;
$custom-light: #c3c2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244,
    "s": 9.554,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.0214,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9B8

secondary

#E0E1DC

accent

#94528F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9B8

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

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