#AAA8D8#AAA8D8

#AAA8D8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8D8
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(243, 38%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 10.78, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 26.31, 294.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0195 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.069 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9719, 41.5085, 70.7004)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8D8 #D6D8A8

analogous

#A8BED8 #AAA8D8 #C2A8D8

triadic

#AAA8D8 #D8AAA8 #A8D8AA

tetradic

#AAA8D8 #D8A8BE #D6D8A8 #A8D8C2

square

#AAA8D8 #D8A8BE #D6D8A8 #A8D8C2

split-complementary

#AAA8D8 #D8C2A8 #BED8A8

monochromatic

#5753B2 #817EC5 #AAA8D8 #D3D2EB #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAA8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#AAA8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8D8

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8D8	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1e4',
    500: '#aaa8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8d8;
$custom-light: #c4c1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.5,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.06862,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8D8

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B134AC

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8D8

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

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