#AAB0C8#AAB0C8

#AAB0C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.035 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB0C8
RGB	rgb(170, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(228, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 2.80, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 13.18, 282.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0027 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.035 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5258, 43.7663, 60.8396)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB0C8 #C8C2AA

analogous

#AABFC8 #AAB0C8 #B3AAC8

triadic

#AAB0C8 #C8AAB0 #B0C8AA

tetradic

#AAB0C8 #C8AABF #C8C2AA #AAC8B3

square

#AAB0C8 #C8AABF #C8C2AA #AAC8B3

split-complementary

#AAB0C8 #C8B3AA #BFC8AA

monochromatic

#616C96 #858DB0 #AAB0C8 #CFD3E0 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AAB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#AAB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB0C8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB0C8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.035 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c7d8',
    500: '#aab0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab0c8;
$custom-light: #c3c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76022,
    "c": 0.03496,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB0C8

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8E46A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB0C8

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

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