#AAA8CD#AAA8CD

#AAA8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.053 H 287.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8CD
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(243, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 8.29, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 20.30, 294.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0159 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.053 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5972, 40.9586, 63.4601)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8CD #CBCDA8

analogous

#A8B8CD #AAA8CD #BCA8CD

triadic

#AAA8CD #CDAAA8 #A8CDAA

tetradic

#AAA8CD #CDA8B8 #CBCDA8 #A8CDBC

square

#AAA8CD #CDA8B8 #CBCDA8 #A8CDBC

split-complementary

#AAA8CD #CDBCA8 #B8CDA8

monochromatic

#5F5B9F #8481B7 #AAA8CD #D0CFE3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#AAA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8CD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8CD	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.053 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1dc',
    500: '#aaa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8cd;
$custom-light: #c3c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.243,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.05291,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8CD

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A640A0

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8CD

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

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