#AAA9E4#AAA9E4

#AAA9E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.084 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9E4
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 228)
HSL	hsl(241, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(241, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 13.03, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 32.25, 293.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0218 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.084 285)
XYZ	xyz(44.7656, 42.5225, 79.2329)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9E4 #E3E4A9

analogous

#A9C5E4 #AAA9E4 #C7A9E4

triadic

#AAA9E4 #E4AAA9 #A9E4AA

tetradic

#AAA9E4 #E4A9C5 #E3E4A9 #A9E4C7

square

#AAA9E4 #E4A9C5 #E3E4A9 #A9E4C7

split-complementary

#AAA9E4 #E4C7A9 #C5E4A9

monochromatic

#4E4CC7 #7C7AD5 #AAA9E4 #D8D8F3 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AAA9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AAA9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9E4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9E4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.084 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2ec',
    500: '#aaa9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9e4;
$custom-light: #c4c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.017,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.42523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9E4

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C026BD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9E4

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

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