#AAA9C8#AAA9C8

#AAA9C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.044 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9C8
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(242, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 6.64, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 16.99, 293.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0128 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.044 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1886, 41.0917, 60.3939)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9C8 #C7C8A9

analogous

#A9B8C8 #AAA9C8 #B9A9C8

triadic

#AAA9C8 #C8AAA9 #A9C8AA

tetradic

#AAA9C8 #C8A9B8 #C7C8A9 #A9C8B9

square

#AAA9C8 #C8A9B8 #C7C8A9 #A9C8B9

split-complementary

#AAA9C8 #C8B9A9 #B8C8A9

monochromatic

#626096 #8584B0 #AAA9C8 #CFCEE0 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AAA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9C8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9C8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.044 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2d8',
    500: '#aaa9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9c8;
$custom-light: #c3c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.0443,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9C8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#A0459D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9C8

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

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