#AAA8CE#AAA8CE

#AAA8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.054 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8CE
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(243, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(243, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 8.52, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 20.85, 294.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0163 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.054 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7182, 41.0071, 64.0978)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8CE #CCCEA8

analogous

#A8B9CE #AAA8CE #BDA8CE

triadic

#AAA8CE #CEAAA8 #A8CEAA

tetradic

#AAA8CE #CEA8B9 #CCCEA8 #A8CEBD

square

#AAA8CE #CEA8B9 #CCCEA8 #A8CEBD

split-complementary

#AAA8CE #CEBDA8 #B9CEA8

monochromatic

#5E5BA1 #8481B8 #AAA8CE #D0CFE4 #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AAA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AAA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8CE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8CE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.054 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1dd',
    500: '#aaa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ce;
$custom-light: #c3c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.05434,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8CE

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A73FA1

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8CE

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

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