#AAAEB8#AAAEB8

#AAAEB8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.015 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEB8
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(223, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(223, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 0.56, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 5.62, 275.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0004 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.015 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3636, 42.2786, 51.3722)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEB8 #B8B4AA

analogous

#AAB5B8 #AAAEB8 #ADAAB8

triadic

#AAAEB8 #B8AAAE #AEB8AA

tetradic

#AAAEB8 #B8AAB5 #B8B4AA #AAB8AD

square

#AAAEB8 #B8AAB5 #B8B4AA #AAB8AD

split-complementary

#AAAEB8 #B8ADAA #B5B8AA

monochromatic

#696F7E #898E9C #AAAEB8 #CBCED4 #EDEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AAAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AAAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEB8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEB8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.015 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6cd',
    500: '#aaaeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaeb8;
$custom-light: #c3c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75072,
    "c": 0.01499,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEB8

secondary

#E1E0DD

accent

#815393

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEB8

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

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