#AAA8C8#AAA8C8

#AAA8C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.046 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8C8
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(244, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(244, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 7.20, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 17.57, 294.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0142 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.046 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.0032, 40.7211, 60.3321)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8C8 #C6C8A8

analogous

#A8B6C8 #AAA8C8 #BAA8C8

triadic

#AAA8C8 #C8AAA8 #A8C8AA

tetradic

#AAA8C8 #C8A8B6 #C6C8A8 #A8C8BA

square

#AAA8C8 #C8A8B6 #C6C8A8 #A8C8BA

split-complementary

#AAA8C8 #C8BAA8 #B6C8A8

monochromatic

#635F96 #8583B0 #AAA8C8 #CFCDE0 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAA8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AAA8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8C8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8C8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.046 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1d8',
    500: '#aaa8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8c8;
$custom-light: #c3c1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.75,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74388,
    "c": 0.04577,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8C8

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A1459B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8C8

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

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