#AAA8D5#AAA8D5

#AAA8D5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.064 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8D5
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 213)
HSL	hsl(243, 35%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 21%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 21.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 10.09, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 24.67, 294.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0186 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.064 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5876, 41.3548, 68.6764)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8D5 #D3D5A8

analogous

#A8BDD5 #AAA8D5 #C1A8D5

triadic

#AAA8D5 #D5AAA8 #A8D5AA

tetradic

#AAA8D5 #D5A8BD #D3D5A8 #A8D5C1

square

#AAA8D5 #D5A8BD #D3D5A8 #A8D5C1

split-complementary

#AAA8D5 #D5C1A8 #BDD5A8

monochromatic

#5955AD #827FC1 #AAA8D5 #D2D1E9 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AAA8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AAA8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8D5

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8D5	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DADD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.064 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1e2',
    500: '#aaa8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8d5;
$custom-light: #c4c1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.667,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.06434,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8D5

secondary

#EBECDF

accent

#AE38A8

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8D5

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

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