#AAB4B8#AAB4B8

#AAB4B8 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB4B8
RGB	rgb(170, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(197, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(197, 8%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -2.69, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 4.20, 230.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0091 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5487, 44.6488, 51.7672)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB4B8 #B8AEAA

analogous

#AAB8B5 #AAB4B8 #AAADB8

triadic

#AAB4B8 #B8AAB4 #B4B8AA

tetradic

#AAB4B8 #B5AAB8 #B8AEAA #ADB8AA

square

#AAB4B8 #B5AAB8 #B8AEAA #ADB8AA

split-complementary

#AAB4B8 #B8AAAD #B8B5AA

monochromatic

#69787E #89979C #AAB4B8 #CBD1D4 #EDEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AAB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#AAB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB4B8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB4B8	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cacd',
    500: '#aab4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab4b8;
$custom-light: #c3cacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 8.974,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76328,
    "c": 0.0126,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB4B8

secondary

#E1DEDD

accent

#655393

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB4B8

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

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