#AAA9BF#AAA9BF

#AAA9BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.031 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9BF
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(243, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(243, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 4.73, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 12.07, 293.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0096 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.031 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1676, 40.6833, 55.0166)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9BF #BEBFA9

analogous

#A9B3BF #AAA9BF #B5A9BF

triadic

#AAA9BF #BFAAA9 #A9BFAA

tetradic

#AAA9BF #BFA9B3 #BEBFA9 #A9BFB5

square

#AAA9BF #BFA9B3 #BEBFA9 #A9BFB5

split-complementary

#AAA9BF #BFB5A9 #B3BFA9

monochromatic

#676588 #8786A5 #AAA9BF #CDCCD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AAA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9BF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9BF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.031 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d2',
    500: '#aaa9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9bf;
$custom-light: #c3c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.03141,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9BF

secondary

#E5E5DF

accent

#994D95

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9BF

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

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