#AAA9DC#AAA9DC

#AAA9DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.073 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9DC
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(241, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(241, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 11.14, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 27.90, 293.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0194 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.073 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6806, 42.0885, 73.5188)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9DC #DBDCA9

analogous

#A9C2DC #AAA9DC #C4A9DC

triadic

#AAA9DC #DCAAA9 #A9DCAA

tetradic

#AAA9DC #DCA9C2 #DBDCA9 #A9DCC4

square

#AAA9DC #DCA9C2 #DBDCA9 #A9DCC4

split-complementary

#AAA9DC #DCC4A9 #C2DCA9

monochromatic

#5452B9 #7F7ECA #AAA9DC #D5D4EE #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#AAA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9DC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9DC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.073 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2e7',
    500: '#aaa9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9dc;
$custom-light: #c4c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.176,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75358,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9DC

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B530B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9DC

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

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