#AAA8CC#AAA8CC

#AAA8CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.051 H 287.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8CC
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(243, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 8.07, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 19.76, 294.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0156 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.051 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4768, 40.9105, 62.8264)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8CC #CACCA8

analogous

#A8B8CC #AAA8CC #BCA8CC

triadic

#AAA8CC #CCAAA8 #A8CCAA

tetradic

#AAA8CC #CCA8B8 #CACCA8 #A8CCBC

square

#AAA8CC #CCA8B8 #CACCA8 #A8CCBC

split-complementary

#AAA8CC #CCBCA8 #B8CCA8

monochromatic

#605C9D #8481B5 #AAA8CC #D0CFE3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AAA8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AAA8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8CC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8CC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.051 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1db',
    500: '#aaa8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8cc;
$custom-light: #c3c1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 26.087,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.05149,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8CC

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A5419F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8CC

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

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