#AAA9BB#AAA9BB

#AAA9BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.026 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9BB
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(243, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 3.90, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 9.88, 293.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0081 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.026 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7334, 40.5096, 52.7299)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9BB #BABBA9

analogous

#A9B1BB #AAA9BB #B3A9BB

triadic

#AAA9BB #BBAAA9 #A9BBAA

tetradic

#AAA9BB #BBA9B1 #BABBA9 #A9BBB3

square

#AAA9BB #BBA9B1 #BABBA9 #A9BBB3

split-complementary

#AAA9BB #BBB3A9 #B1BBA9

monochromatic

#696782 #8887A0 #AAA9BB #CCCBD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#AAA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9BB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9BB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.026 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2cf',
    500: '#aaa9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9bb;
$custom-light: #c3c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.02568,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9BB

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#965092

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9BB

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

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