#AAA8EC#AAA8EC

#AAA8EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8EC
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(242, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 15.52, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 37.17, 294.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0254 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.097 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7166, 42.6064, 85.1558)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8EC #EAECA8

analogous

#A8C8EC #AAA8EC #CCA8EC

triadic

#AAA8EC #ECAAA8 #A8ECAA

tetradic

#AAA8EC #ECA8C8 #EAECA8 #A8ECCC

square

#AAA8EC #ECA8C8 #EAECA8 #A8ECCC

split-complementary

#AAA8EC #ECCCA8 #C8ECA8

monochromatic

#4844D6 #7976E1 #AAA8EC #DBDAF7 #E6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AAA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#AAA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8EC

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8EC	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1f2',
    500: '#aaa8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ec;
$custom-light: #c4c1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75834,
    "c": 0.09692,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8EC

secondary

#F0F1DA

accent

#CC1AC7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8EC

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

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