#AAABB9#AAABB9

#AAABB9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.020 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAABB9
RGB	rgb(170, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(236, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(236, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 2.39, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 7.66, 288.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0044 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.02 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8957, 41.1744, 51.7352)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAABB9 #B9B8AA

analogous

#AAB3B9 #AAABB9 #B1AAB9

triadic

#AAABB9 #B9AAAB #ABB9AA

tetradic

#AAABB9 #B9AAB3 #B9B8AA #AAB9B1

square

#AAABB9 #B9AAB3 #B9B8AA #AAB9B1

split-complementary

#AAABB9 #B9B1AA #B3B9AA

monochromatic

#696B80 #888A9D #AAABB9 #CCCCD5 #EDEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AAABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AAABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAABB9

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAABB9	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)

#A8ACBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaabb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.020 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4ce',
    500: '#aaabb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaabb9;
$custom-light: #c3c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaabb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.02,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAABB9

secondary

#E2E1DD

accent

#8F5294

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAABB9

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

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