#AAA9C3#AAA9C3

#AAA9C3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.037 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9C3
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 195)
HSL	hsl(242, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 5.57, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 14.26, 293.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.011 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.037 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6138, 40.8618, 57.3666)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9C3 #C2C3A9

analogous

#A9B5C3 #AAA9C3 #B7A9C3

triadic

#AAA9C3 #C3AAA9 #A9C3AA

tetradic

#AAA9C3 #C3A9B5 #C2C3A9 #A9C3B7

square

#AAA9C3 #C3A9B5 #C2C3A9 #A9C3B7

split-complementary

#AAA9C3 #C3B7A9 #B5C3A9

monochromatic

#65638E #8685AA #AAA9C3 #CECDDC #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAA9C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AAA9C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9C3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9C3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.037 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d5',
    500: '#aaa9c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9c3;
$custom-light: #c3c2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.03714,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9C3

secondary

#E7E7E1

accent

#9C4999

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9C3

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

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