#AAA9CE#AAA9CE

#AAA9CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.053 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9CE
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(242, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(242, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 7.96, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 20.27, 293.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0148 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.053 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9036, 41.3777, 64.1596)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9CE #CDCEA9

analogous

#A9BACE #AAA9CE #BCA9CE

triadic

#AAA9CE #CEAAA9 #A9CEAA

tetradic

#AAA9CE #CEA9BA #CDCEA9 #A9CEBC

square

#AAA9CE #CEA9BA #CDCEA9 #A9CEBC

split-complementary

#AAA9CE #CEBCA9 #BACEA9

monochromatic

#5E5CA1 #8382B8 #AAA9CE #D1D0E4 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AAA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#AAA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9CE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9CE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.053 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2dd',
    500: '#aaa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9ce;
$custom-light: #c3c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74812,
    "c": 0.05288,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9CE

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A63FA3

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9CE

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

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