#AAA8E9#AAA8E9

#AAA8E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.093 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8E9
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 233)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 28%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 27.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 14.79, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 35.54, 294.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0246 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.093 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2844, 42.4335, 82.8796)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8E9 #E7E9A8

analogous

#A8C6E9 #AAA8E9 #CAA8E9

triadic

#AAA8E9 #E9AAA8 #A8E9AA

tetradic

#AAA8E9 #E9A8C6 #E7E9A8 #A8E9CA

square

#AAA8E9 #E9A8C6 #E7E9A8 #A8E9CA

split-complementary

#AAA8E9 #E9CAA8 #C6E9A8

monochromatic

#4B46D0 #7A77DD #AAA8E9 #DAD9F5 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AAA8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AAA8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8E9

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8E9	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.093 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1f0',
    500: '#aaa8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8e9;
$custom-light: #c4c1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75704,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8E9

secondary

#EFF0DB

accent

#C71EC2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8E9

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

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