#AAA9BE#AAA9BE

#AAA9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.030 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9BE
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(243, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 4.52, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 11.52, 293.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0092 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.03 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0579, 40.6394, 54.4390)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9BE #BDBEA9

analogous

#A9B2BE #AAA9BE #B4A9BE

triadic

#AAA9BE #BEAAA9 #A9BEAA

tetradic

#AAA9BE #BEA9B2 #BDBEA9 #A9BEB4

square

#AAA9BE #BEA9B2 #BDBEA9 #A9BEB4

split-complementary

#AAA9BE #BEB4A9 #B2BEA9

monochromatic

#676687 #8886A4 #AAA9BE #CCCCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AAA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9BE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9BE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.030 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d1',
    500: '#aaa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9be;
$custom-light: #c3c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.857,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.02998,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9BE

secondary

#E4E4DF

accent

#984D95

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9BE

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

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