#AAA8DC#AAA8DC

#AAA8DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.074 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8DC
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(242, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(242, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 11.70, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 28.48, 294.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0208 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.074 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4953, 41.7179, 73.4571)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8DC #DADCA8

analogous

#A8C0DC #AAA8DC #C4A8DC

triadic

#AAA8DC #DCAAA8 #A8DCAA

tetradic

#AAA8DC #DCA8C0 #DADCA8 #A8DCC4

square

#AAA8DC #DCA8C0 #DADCA8 #A8DCC4

split-complementary

#AAA8DC #DCC4A8 #C0DCA8

monochromatic

#5551B9 #7F7CCA #AAA8DC #D5D4EE #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AAA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AAA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8DC

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8DC	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.074 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1e7',
    500: '#aaa8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8dc;
$custom-light: #c4c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75159,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8DC

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B630B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8DC

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

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