#AAB8BC#AAB8BC

#AAB8BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.017 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB8BC
RGB	rgb(170, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -4.03, -3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 5.46, 222.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0133 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.017 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7931, 46.4572, 54.2798)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB8BC #BCAEAA

analogous

#AABCB7 #AAB8BC #AAAFBC

triadic

#AAB8BC #BCAAB8 #B8BCAA

tetradic

#AAB8BC #B7AABC #BCAEAA #AFBCAA

square

#AAB8BC #B7AABC #BCAEAA #AFBCAA

split-complementary

#AAB8BC #BCAAAF #BCB7AA

monochromatic

#687E84 #889BA1 #AAB8BC #CCD5D7 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AAB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#AAB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB8BC

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB8BC	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.017 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cdd0',
    500: '#aab8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab8bc;
$custom-light: #c3cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77295,
    "c": 0.01659,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB8BC

secondary

#E3E0DE

accent

#5F5096

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB8BC

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

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