#AAA9E5#AAA9E5

#AAA9E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.086 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9E5
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(241, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 13.27, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 32.79, 293.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0221 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.086 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9048, 42.5782, 79.9661)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9E5 #E4E5A9

analogous

#A9C6E5 #AAA9E5 #C8A9E5

triadic

#AAA9E5 #E5AAA9 #A9E5AA

tetradic

#AAA9E5 #E5A9C6 #E4E5A9 #A9E5C8

square

#AAA9E5 #E5A9C6 #E4E5A9 #A9E5C8

split-complementary

#AAA9E5 #E5C8A9 #C6E5A9

monochromatic

#4D4BC9 #7C7AD7 #AAA9E5 #D8D8F3 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AAA9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#AAA9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9E5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9E5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.086 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2ed',
    500: '#aaa9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9e5;
$custom-light: #c4c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.08563,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9E5

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C124BE

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9E5

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

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