#AAA9CD#AAA9CD

#AAA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.051 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9CD
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(242, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 7.74, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 19.72, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0145 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.051 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7825, 41.3293, 63.5218)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9CD #CCCDA9

analogous

#A9BACD #AAA9CD #BCA9CD

triadic

#AAA9CD #CDAAA9 #A9CDAA

tetradic

#AAA9CD #CDA9BA #CCCDA9 #A9CDBC

square

#AAA9CD #CDA9BA #CCCDA9 #A9CDBC

split-complementary

#AAA9CD #CDBCA9 #BACDA9

monochromatic

#5E5C9F #8482B6 #AAA9CD #D0D0E3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AAA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AAA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9CD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9CD	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.051 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2dc',
    500: '#aaa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9cd;
$custom-light: #c3c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.05145,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9CD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A540A2

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9CD

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

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