#AAA9DD#AAA9DD

#AAA9DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.074 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9DD
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(241, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(241, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, 11.38, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 28.44, 293.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0197 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.074 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8135, 42.1417, 74.2184)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9DD #DCDDA9

analogous

#A9C2DD #AAA9DD #C4A9DD

triadic

#AAA9DD #DDAAA9 #A9DDAA

tetradic

#AAA9DD #DDA9C2 #DCDDA9 #A9DDC4

square

#AAA9DD #DDA9C2 #DCDDA9 #A9DDC4

split-complementary

#AAA9DD #DDC4A9 #C2DDA9

monochromatic

#5351BA #7F7DCC #AAA9DD #D5D5EE #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AAA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AAA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9DD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9DD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.074 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2e7',
    500: '#aaa9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9dd;
$custom-light: #c4c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.154,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75398,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9DD

secondary

#EDEDDE

accent

#B62FB4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9DD

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

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