#AAA9BC#AAA9BC

#AAA9BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.027 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9BC
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(243, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 4.10, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 10.42, 293.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0084 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.027 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8408, 40.5526, 53.2957)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9BC #BBBCA9

analogous

#A9B1BC #AAA9BC #B4A9BC

triadic

#AAA9BC #BCAAA9 #A9BCAA

tetradic

#AAA9BC #BCA9B1 #BBBCA9 #A9BCB4

square

#AAA9BC #BCA9B1 #BBBCA9 #A9BCB4

split-complementary

#AAA9BC #BCB4A9 #B1BCA9

monochromatic

#686784 #8887A1 #AAA9BC #CCCBD7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AAA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9BC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9BC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.027 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d0',
    500: '#aaa9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9bc;
$custom-light: #c3c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.02712,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9BC

secondary

#E3E3DE

accent

#974F93

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9BC

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

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