#AAA8EB#AAA8EB

#AAA8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.096 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8EB
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(242, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 15.27, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 36.63, 294.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0251 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.096 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5717, 42.5485, 84.3928)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8EB #E9EBA8

analogous

#A8C8EB #AAA8EB #CCA8EB

triadic

#AAA8EB #EBAAA8 #A8EBAA

tetradic

#AAA8EB #EBA8C8 #E9EBA8 #A8EBCC

square

#AAA8EB #EBA8C8 #E9EBA8 #A8EBCC

split-complementary

#AAA8EB #EBCCA8 #C8EBA8

monochromatic

#4944D4 #7976E0 #AAA8EB #DBDAF6 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AAA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#AAA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8EB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8EB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.096 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1f1',
    500: '#aaa8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8eb;
$custom-light: #c4c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.791,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7579,
    "c": 0.09552,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8EB

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CA1BC5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8EB

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

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