#A0AAE5#A0AAE5

#A0AAE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.086 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAE5
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(231, 57%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 9.79, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 32.30, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.01 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.086 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0109, 41.8789, 79.9308)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAE5 #E5DBA0

analogous

#A0CDE5 #A0AAE5 #B9A0E5

triadic

#A0AAE5 #E5A0AA #AAE5A0

tetradic

#A0AAE5 #E5A0CD #E5DBA0 #A0E5B9

square

#A0AAE5 #E5A0CD #E5DBA0 #A0E5B9

split-complementary

#A0AAE5 #E5B9A0 #CDE5A0

monochromatic

#4054CB #707FD8 #A0AAE5 #D0D5F2 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A0AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#A0AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAE5

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAE5	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.086 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3ed',
    500: '#a0aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aae5;
$custom-light: #bdc3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.304,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAE5

secondary

#F0EDDB

accent

#AD21C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F7F7FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAE5

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

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