#AAAEBA#AAAEBA

#AAAEBA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.018 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEBA
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(225, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 0.96, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 6.68, 278.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0004 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.018 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5747, 42.3630, 52.4841)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEBA #BAB6AA

analogous

#AAB6BA #AAAEBA #AEAABA

triadic

#AAAEBA #BAAAAE #AEBAAA

tetradic

#AAAEBA #BAAAB6 #BAB6AA #AABAAE

square

#AAAEBA #BAAAB6 #BAB6AA #AABAAE

split-complementary

#AAAEBA #BAAEAA #B6BAAA

monochromatic

#696F81 #888E9F #AAAEBA #CCCED5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AAAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AAAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEBA

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEBA	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.018 271.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.01772,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEBA

secondary

#E2E1DE

accent

#845194

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEBA

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

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