#AAA8CB#AAA8CB

#AAA8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.050 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8CB
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(243, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 7.85, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 19.21, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0153 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.05 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3573, 40.8627, 62.1967)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8CB #C9CBA8

analogous

#A8B7CB #AAA8CB #BCA8CB

triadic

#AAA8CB #CBAAA8 #A8CBAA

tetradic

#AAA8CB #CBA8B7 #C9CBA8 #A8CBBC

square

#AAA8CB #CBA8B7 #C9CBA8 #A8CBBC

split-complementary

#AAA8CB #CBBCA8 #B7CBA8

monochromatic

#615D9C #8582B4 #AAA8CB #CFCEE2 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#AAA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8CB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8CB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.050 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1da',
    500: '#aaa8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8cb;
$custom-light: #c3c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.05006,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8CB

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A4429E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8CB

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

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