#AAA8E2#AAA8E2

#AAA8E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.083 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8E2
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 226)
HSL	hsl(242, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 13.11, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 31.75, 294.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0226 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.083 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3042, 42.0415, 77.7174)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8E2 #E0E2A8

analogous

#A8C3E2 #AAA8E2 #C7A8E2

triadic

#AAA8E2 #E2AAA8 #A8E2AA

tetradic

#AAA8E2 #E2A8C3 #E0E2A8 #A8E2C7

square

#AAA8E2 #E2A8C3 #E0E2A8 #A8E2C7

split-complementary

#AAA8E2 #E2C7A8 #C3E2A8

monochromatic

#504CC3 #7D7AD3 #AAA8E2 #D7D6F1 #E9E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAA8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#AAA8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8E2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8E2	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.083 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1eb',
    500: '#aaa8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8e2;
$custom-light: #c4c1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8E2

secondary

#EEEEDD

accent

#BD28B8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8E2

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

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