#AAA8D6#AAA8D6

#AAA8D6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.066 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8D6
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(243, 36%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 21%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 10.32, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 25.22, 294.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0189 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.066 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7149, 41.4057, 69.3470)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8D6 #D4D6A8

analogous

#A8BDD6 #AAA8D6 #C1A8D6

triadic

#AAA8D6 #D6AAA8 #A8D6AA

tetradic

#AAA8D6 #D6A8BD #D4D6A8 #A8D6C1

square

#AAA8D6 #D6A8BD #D4D6A8 #A8D6C1

split-complementary

#AAA8D6 #D6C1A8 #BDD6A8

monochromatic

#5955AF #817EC2 #AAA8D6 #D3D2EA #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAA8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#AAA8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8D6

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8D6	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.066 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1e2',
    500: '#aaa8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8d6;
$custom-light: #c4c1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.609,
    "s": 35.938,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74919,
    "c": 0.06576,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8D6

secondary

#EBECDF

accent

#AF37AA

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8D6

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

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