#AAA9CC#AAA9CC

#AAA9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.050 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAA9CC
RGBrgb(170, 169, 204)
HSLhsl(242, 26%, 73%)
HSVhsv(242, 17%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(16.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(70.37, 7.52, -17.64)
CIE-LCHlch(70.37, 19.18, 293.09°)
OKLaboklab(74.74% 0.0142 -0.048)
OKLCHoklch(74.74% 0.05 286.4)
XYZxyz(41.6622, 41.2811, 62.8881)
Luminance0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAA9CC #CBCCA9
analogous
#A9B9CC #AAA9CC #BBA9CC
triadic
#AAA9CC #CCAAA9 #A9CCAA
tetradic
#AAA9CC #CCA9B9 #CBCCA9 #A9CCBB
square
#AAA9CC #CCA9B9 #CBCCA9 #A9CCBB
split-complementary
#AAA9CC #CCBBA9 #B9CCA9
monochromatic
#5F5D9D #8483B5 #AAA9CC #D0CFE3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#AAA9CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26
#AAA9CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9CC
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAA9CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAA9CC1.002.279.269.26
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2621.001.001.00
##0000009.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1ADCE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0ABCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A3AFB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aaa9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.050 286.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2db',
    500: '#aaa9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aaa9cc;
$custom-light: #c3c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aaa9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74738,
    "c": 0.05002,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAA9CC
secondary
#EAEAE1
accent
#A441A1
background
#FCFBFD
surface
#F8F7FB
border
#D1D0D4
text
#121215
muted
#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9CC

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#AAA9CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva