#AAA9BD#AAA9BD

#AAA9BD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.029 H 288.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9BD
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(243, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 4.31, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 10.97, 293.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0088 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.029 288)
XYZ	xyz(39.9490, 40.5959, 53.8654)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9BD #BCBDA9

analogous

#A9B2BD #AAA9BD #B4A9BD

triadic

#AAA9BD #BDAAA9 #A9BDAA

tetradic

#AAA9BD #BDA9B2 #BCBDA9 #A9BDB4

square

#AAA9BD #BDA9B2 #BCBDA9 #A9BDB4

split-complementary

#AAA9BD #BDB4A9 #B2BDA9

monochromatic

#686685 #8886A2 #AAA9BD #CCCCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AAA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9BD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9BD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.029 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d0',
    500: '#aaa9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9bd;
$custom-light: #c3c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.02854,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.40596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9BD

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#974E94

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9BD

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

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