#AAA8DD#AAA8DD

#AAA8DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.076 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8DD
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(242, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 11.94, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 29.03, 294.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0211 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.076 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6282, 41.7710, 74.1566)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8DD #DBDDA8

analogous

#A8C1DD #AAA8DD #C5A8DD

triadic

#AAA8DD #DDAAA8 #A8DDAA

tetradic

#AAA8DD #DDA8C1 #DBDDA8 #A8DDC5

square

#AAA8DD #DDA8C1 #DBDDA8 #A8DDC5

split-complementary

#AAA8DD #DDC5A8 #C1DDA8

monochromatic

#5450BB #7F7CCC #AAA8DD #D5D4EE #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AAA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#AAA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8DD

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8DD	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.076 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1e7',
    500: '#aaa8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8dd;
$custom-light: #c4c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.752,
    "c": 0.07572,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8DD

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B72FB2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8DD

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

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