#AAA9BA#AAA9BA

#AAA9BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.024 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9BA
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(244, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(244, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 3.69, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 9.33, 293.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0077 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.024 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6267, 40.4670, 52.1681)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9BA #B9BAA9

analogous

#A9B1BA #AAA9BA #B3A9BA

triadic

#AAA9BA #BAAAA9 #A9BAAA

tetradic

#AAA9BA #BAA9B1 #B9BAA9 #A9BAB3

square

#AAA9BA #BAA9B1 #B9BAA9 #A9BAB3

split-complementary

#AAA9BA #BAB3A9 #B1BAA9

monochromatic

#696881 #88879F #AAA9BA #CCCBD5 #EDEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AAA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9BA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9BA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.024 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2ce',
    500: '#aaa9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ba;
$custom-light: #c3c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 10.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.02425,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9BA

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#955091

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9BA

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

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