#AAA8CA#AAA8CA

#AAA8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.049 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8CA
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(244, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(244, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 7.63, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 18.66, 294.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0149 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.049 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2385, 40.8152, 61.5712)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8CA #C8CAA8

analogous

#A8B7CA #AAA8CA #BBA8CA

triadic

#AAA8CA #CAAAA8 #A8CAAA

tetradic

#AAA8CA #CAA8B7 #C8CAA8 #A8CABB

square

#AAA8CA #CAA8B7 #C8CAA8 #A8CABB

split-complementary

#AAA8CA #CABBA8 #B7CAA8

monochromatic

#615E9A #8582B3 #AAA8CA #CFCEE1 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#AAA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8CA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8CA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.049 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1da',
    500: '#aaa8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ca;
$custom-light: #c3c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.04862,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8CA

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A3439D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8CA

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

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