#AAAAB8#AAAAB8

#AAAAB8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAAB8
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 2.74, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 7.66, 290.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0055 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6023, 40.7560, 51.1184)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAAB8 #B8B8AA

analogous

#AAB1B8 #AAAAB8 #B1AAB8

triadic

#AAAAB8 #B8AAAA #AAB8AA

tetradic

#AAAAB8 #B8AAB1 #B8B8AA #AAB8B1

square

#AAAAB8 #B8AAB1 #B8B8AA #AAB8B1

split-complementary

#AAAAB8 #B8B1AA #B1B8AA

monochromatic

#69697E #89899C #AAAAB8 #CBCBD4 #EDEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAAAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AAAAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAAB8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAAB8	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3cd',
    500: '#aaaab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaab8;
$custom-light: #c3c3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.01995,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAAB8

secondary

#E1E1DD

accent

#935393

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAAB8

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

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