#AAAEB9#AAAEB9

#AAAEB9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.016 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEB9
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(224, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 0.76, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 6.15, 277.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.016 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4688, 42.3206, 51.9262)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEB9 #B9B5AA

analogous

#AAB6B9 #AAAEB9 #AEAAB9

triadic

#AAAEB9 #B9AAAE #AEB9AA

tetradic

#AAAEB9 #B9AAB6 #B9B5AA #AAB9AE

square

#AAAEB9 #B9AAB6 #B9B5AA #AAB9AE

split-complementary

#AAAEB9 #B9AEAA #B6B9AA

monochromatic

#696F80 #888E9D #AAAEB9 #CCCED5 #EDEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AAAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AAAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEB9

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEB9	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)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.016 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6ce',
    500: '#aaaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaeb9;
$custom-light: #c3c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75104,
    "c": 0.01635,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEB9

secondary

#E2E0DD

accent

#825294

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEB9

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

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