#AAB9BE#AAB9BE

#AAB9BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.018 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB9BE
RGB	rgb(170, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(195, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -4.15, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 5.98, 225.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0139 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.018 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2187, 46.9610, 55.4926)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB9BE #BEAFAA

analogous

#AABEB9 #AAB9BE #AAAFBE

triadic

#AAB9BE #BEAAB9 #B9BEAA

tetradic

#AAB9BE #B9AABE #BEAFAA #AFBEAA

square

#AAB9BE #B9AABE #BEAFAA #AFBEAA

split-complementary

#AAB9BE #BEAAAF #BEB9AA

monochromatic

#677F87 #879CA3 #AAB9BE #CDD6D9 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AAB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#AAB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB9BE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB9BE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.018 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ced1',
    500: '#aab9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab9be;
$custom-light: #c3ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.01811,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB9BE

secondary

#E5E1DF

accent

#604E97

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB9BE

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

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