#A0AAE1#A0AAE1

#A0AAE1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.080 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAE1
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(231, 52%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(231, 29%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 8.80, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 30.15, 286.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0088 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.08 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4589, 41.6580, 77.0233)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAE1 #E1D7A0

analogous

#A0CAE1 #A0AAE1 #B6A0E1

triadic

#A0AAE1 #E1A0AA #AAE1A0

tetradic

#A0AAE1 #E1A0CA #E1D7A0 #A0E1B6

square

#A0AAE1 #E1A0CA #E1D7A0 #A0E1B6

split-complementary

#A0AAE1 #E1B6A0 #CAE1A0

monochromatic

#4357C4 #7180D2 #A0AAE1 #CFD4F0 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A0AAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A0AAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAE1

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAE1	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.080 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3ea',
    500: '#a0aae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aae1;
$custom-light: #bdc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAE1

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#A826BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAE1

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

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