#AAB9CD#AAB9CD

#AAB9CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.033 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAB9CD
RGB	rgb(170, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(214, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -1.00, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 11.86, 265.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0082 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.033 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9433, 47.6508, 64.5754)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAB9CD #CDBEAA

analogous

#AACACD #AAB9CD #ACAACD

triadic

#AAB9CD #CDAAB9 #B9CDAA

tetradic

#AAB9CD #CDAACA #CDBEAA #AACDAC

square

#AAB9CD #CDAACA #CDBEAA #AACDAC

split-complementary

#AAB9CD #CDACAA #CACDAA

monochromatic

#5E7A9F #8399B6 #AAB9CD #D1D9E4 #ECEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AAB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#AAB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAB9CD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAB9CD	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aab9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.033 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cedc',
    500: '#aab9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aab9cd;
$custom-light: #c3cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aab9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7806,
    "c": 0.03305,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAB9CD

secondary

#EAE6E1

accent

#7A41A4

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAB9CD

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

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