#AAA5C8#AAA5C8

#AAA5C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.050 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5C8
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(249, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 8.86, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 19.35, 297.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0186 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.05 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4558, 39.6261, 60.1496)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5C8 #C3C8A5

analogous

#A5B2C8 #AAA5C8 #BCA5C8

triadic

#AAA5C8 #C8AAA5 #A5C8AA

tetradic

#AAA5C8 #C8A5B2 #C3C8A5 #A5C8BC

square

#AAA5C8 #C8A5B2 #C3C8A5 #A5C8BC

split-complementary

#AAA5C8 #C8BCA5 #B2C8A5

monochromatic

#645C97 #867FB1 #AAA5C8 #CECBDF #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5C8

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5C8	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.050 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd8',
    500: '#aaa5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5c8;
$custom-light: #c3bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73782,
    "c": 0.05029,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5C8

secondary

#E8E9E0

accent

#A34395

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5C8

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

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