#AAA8E3#AAA8E3

#AAA8E3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.084 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8E3
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 227)
HSL	hsl(242, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(242, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 26%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 13.35, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 32.29, 294.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0229 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.084 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4419, 42.0965, 78.4421)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8E3 #E1E3A8

analogous

#A8C3E3 #AAA8E3 #C8A8E3

triadic

#AAA8E3 #E3AAA8 #A8E3AA

tetradic

#AAA8E3 #E3A8C3 #E1E3A8 #A8E3C8

square

#AAA8E3 #E3A8C3 #E1E3A8 #A8E3C8

split-complementary

#AAA8E3 #E3C8A8 #C3E3A8

monochromatic

#504BC5 #7D7AD4 #AAA8E3 #D7D6F2 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAA8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#AAA8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8E3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8E3	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.084 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ec',
    500: '#aaa8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8e3;
$custom-light: #c4c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.034,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75448,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8E3

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#BF27BA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8E3

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

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