#AAA9C2#AAA9C2

#AAA9C2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.036 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9C2
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 194)
HSL	hsl(242, 17%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 5.36, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 13.71, 293.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0106 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.036 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5011, 40.8167, 56.7731)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9C2 #C1C2A9

analogous

#A9B4C2 #AAA9C2 #B6A9C2

triadic

#AAA9C2 #C2AAA9 #A9C2AA

tetradic

#AAA9C2 #C2A9B4 #C1C2A9 #A9C2B6

square

#AAA9C2 #C2A9B4 #C1C2A9 #A9C2B6

split-complementary

#AAA9C2 #C2B6A9 #B4C2A9

monochromatic

#65648D #8785A9 #AAA9C2 #CDCDDB #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAA9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AAA9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9C2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9C2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.036 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d4',
    500: '#aaa9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9c2;
$custom-light: #c3c2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 17.007,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74376,
    "c": 0.0357,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9C2

secondary

#E6E7E0

accent

#9B4A98

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9C2

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

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