#AAA0E6#AAA0E6

#AAA0E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0E6
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 230)
HSL	hsl(249, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 18.55, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 38.71, 298.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0348 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.1 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4278, 39.4001, 80.1645)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0E6 #DCE6A0

analogous

#A0B9E6 #AAA0E6 #CDA0E6

triadic

#AAA0E6 #E6AAA0 #A0E6AA

tetradic

#AAA0E6 #E6A0B9 #DCE6A0 #A0E6CD

square

#AAA0E6 #E6A0B9 #DCE6A0 #A0E6CD

split-complementary

#AAA0E6 #E6CDA0 #B9E6A0

monochromatic

#533FCD #7F70D9 #AAA0E6 #D5D0F3 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AAA0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0E6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0E6	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcee',
    500: '#aaa0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0e6;
$custom-light: #c4bcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0E6

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C620AE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0E6

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

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