#AAA8E5#AAA8E5

#AAA8E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.087 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8E5
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 229)
HSL	hsl(242, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 13.83, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 33.37, 294.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0234 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.087 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7195, 42.2076, 79.9043)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8E5 #E3E5A8

analogous

#A8C4E5 #AAA8E5 #C8A8E5

triadic

#AAA8E5 #E5AAA8 #A8E5AA

tetradic

#AAA8E5 #E5A8C4 #E3E5A8 #A8E5C8

square

#AAA8E5 #E5A8C4 #E3E5A8 #A8E5C8

split-complementary

#AAA8E5 #E5C8A8 #C4E5A8

monochromatic

#4E4AC9 #7C79D7 #AAA8E5 #D8D7F3 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AAA8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#AAA8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8E5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8E5	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.087 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ed',
    500: '#aaa8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8e5;
$custom-light: #c4c1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.967,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8E5

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C124BC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8E5

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

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