#AAA8E6#AAA8E6

#AAA8E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.088 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8E6
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(242, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 14.07, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 33.92, 294.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0237 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.088 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8595, 42.2636, 80.6418)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8E6 #E4E6A8

analogous

#A8C5E6 #AAA8E6 #C9A8E6

triadic

#AAA8E6 #E6AAA8 #A8E6AA

tetradic

#AAA8E6 #E6A8C5 #E4E6A8 #A8E6C9

square

#AAA8E6 #E6A8C5 #E4E6A8 #A8E6C9

split-complementary

#AAA8E6 #E6C9A8 #C5E6A8

monochromatic

#4D49CB #7C78D8 #AAA8E6 #D8D8F4 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AAA8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#AAA8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8E6

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8E6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.088 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ee',
    500: '#aaa8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8e6;
$custom-light: #c4c1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8E6

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C323BE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8E6

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

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