#AAABB8#AAABB8

#AAABB8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.019 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAABB8
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(236, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 2.19, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 7.11, 287.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.004 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.019 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7905, 41.1323, 51.1812)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAABB8 #B8B7AA

analogous

#AAB2B8 #AAABB8 #B0AAB8

triadic

#AAABB8 #B8AAAB #ABB8AA

tetradic

#AAABB8 #B8AAB2 #B8B7AA #AAB8B0

square

#AAABB8 #B8AAB2 #B8B7AA #AAB8B0

split-complementary

#AAABB8 #B8B0AA #B2B8AA

monochromatic

#696B7E #898A9C #AAABB8 #CBCCD4 #EDEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AAABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABB8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAABB8	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaabb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.019 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4cd',
    500: '#aaabb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaabb8;
$custom-light: #c3c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaabb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.01856,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAABB8

secondary

#E1E1DD

accent

#8E5393

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABB8

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

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