#AAA8EE#AAA8EE

#AAA8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.100 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8EE
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(242, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 16.01, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 38.25, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0259 -0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.1 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0088, 42.7233, 86.6947)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8EE #ECEEA8

analogous

#A8C9EE #AAA8EE #CDA8EE

triadic

#AAA8EE #EEAAA8 #A8EEAA

tetradic

#AAA8EE #EEA8C9 #ECEEA8 #A8EECD

square

#AAA8EE #EEA8C9 #ECEEA8 #A8EECD

split-complementary

#AAA8EE #EECDA8 #C9EEA8

monochromatic

#4642DA #7875E4 #AAA8EE #DCDBF8 #E6E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AAA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#AAA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8EE

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8EE	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.100 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1f3',
    500: '#aaa8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8ee;
$custom-light: #c5c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8EE

secondary

#F1F2D9

accent

#CF16CA

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8EE

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

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