#AAA8E4#AAA8E4

#AAA8E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.086 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8E4
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(242, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 13.59, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 32.83, 294.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0232 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.086 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.5803, 42.1519, 79.1711)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8E4 #E2E4A8

analogous

#A8C4E4 #AAA8E4 #C8A8E4

triadic

#AAA8E4 #E4AAA8 #A8E4AA

tetradic

#AAA8E4 #E4A8C4 #E2E4A8 #A8E4C8

square

#AAA8E4 #E4A8C4 #E2E4A8 #A8E4C8

split-complementary

#AAA8E4 #E4C8A8 #C4E4A8

monochromatic

#4F4BC7 #7C79D6 #AAA8E4 #D8D7F2 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAA8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AAA8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8E4

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8E4	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.086 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ec',
    500: '#aaa8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8e4;
$custom-light: #c4c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8E4

secondary

#EEEFDC

accent

#C025BB

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8E4

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

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