#AAA8D9#AAA8D9

#AAA8D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.070 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8D9
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 39%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(242, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, 11.01, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 26.85, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0198 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.07 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1016, 41.5604, 71.3833)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8D9 #D7D9A8

analogous

#A8BED9 #AAA8D9 #C2A8D9

triadic

#AAA8D9 #D9AAA8 #A8D9AA

tetradic

#AAA8D9 #D9A8BE #D7D9A8 #A8D9C2

square

#AAA8D9 #D9A8BE #D7D9A8 #A8D9C2

split-complementary

#AAA8D9 #D9C2A8 #BED9A8

monochromatic

#5753B4 #807DC6 #AAA8D9 #D4D3EC #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAA8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AAA8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8D9

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8D9	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.070 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1e4',
    500: '#aaa8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8d9;
$custom-light: #c4c1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.449,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75038,
    "c": 0.07004,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8D9

secondary

#ECECDF

accent

#B233AD

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8D9

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

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