#AAB8BE#AAB8BE

#AAB8BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB8BE
RGB	rgb(170, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -3.62, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 5.93, 232.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0125 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0102, 46.5441, 55.4231)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB8BE #BEB0AA

analogous

#AABEBA #AAB8BE #AAAEBE

triadic

#AAB8BE #BEAAB8 #B8BEAA

tetradic

#AAB8BE #BAAABE #BEB0AA #AEBEAA

square

#AAB8BE #BAAABE #BEB0AA #AEBEAA

split-complementary

#AAB8BE #BEAAAE #BEBAAA

monochromatic

#677D87 #879BA3 #AAB8BE #CDD5D9 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AAB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#AAB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB8BE

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB8BE	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cdd1',
    500: '#aab8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab8be;
$custom-light: #c3cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77358,
    "c": 0.01777,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB8BE

secondary

#E5E1DF

accent

#644E97

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB8BE

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

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