#A4AAEE#A4AAEE

#A4AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 279.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAEE
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 13.18, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 37.10, 290.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0168 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.098 279.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1130, 42.8137, 86.7593)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAEE #EEE8A4

analogous

#A4CFEE #A4AAEE #C3A4EE

triadic

#A4AAEE #EEA4AA #AAEEA4

tetradic

#A4AAEE #EEA4CF #EEE8A4 #A4EEC3

square

#A4AAEE #EEA4CF #EEE8A4 #A4EEC3

split-complementary

#A4AAEE #EEC3A4 #CFEEA4

monochromatic

#3D4ADB #707AE4 #A4AAEE #D8DAF8 #E5E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A4AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#A4AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAEE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAEE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 279.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3f3',
    500: '#a4aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaee;
$custom-light: #c0c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 279.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAEE

secondary

#F2F0D9

accent

#C115D0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAEE

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

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