#AAA9CA#AAA9CA

#AAA9CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.047 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9CA
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(242, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 7.08, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 18.08, 293.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0135 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.047 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4238, 41.1858, 61.6329)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9CA #C9CAA9

analogous

#A9B8CA #AAA9CA #BAA9CA

triadic

#AAA9CA #CAAAA9 #A9CAAA

tetradic

#AAA9CA #CAA9B8 #C9CAA9 #A9CABA

square

#AAA9CA #CAA9B8 #C9CAA9 #A9CABA

split-complementary

#AAA9CA #CABAA9 #B8CAA9

monochromatic

#615F9A #8583B3 #AAA9CA #CFCFE1 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AAA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AAA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9CA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9CA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.047 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2da',
    500: '#aaa9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ca;
$custom-light: #c3c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.818,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.04716,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9CA

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A2439F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9CA

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

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