#AAA9E6#AAA9E6

#AAA9E6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.087 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA9E6
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 230)
HSL	hsl(241, 55%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(241, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, 13.51, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 33.33, 293.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0223 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.087 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0448, 42.6342, 80.7036)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA9E6 #E5E6A9

analogous

#A9C6E6 #AAA9E6 #C8A9E6

triadic

#AAA9E6 #E6AAA9 #A9E6AA

tetradic

#AAA9E6 #E6A9C6 #E5E6A9 #A9E6C8

square

#AAA9E6 #E6A9C6 #E5E6A9 #A9E6C8

split-complementary

#AAA9E6 #E6C8A9 #C6E6A9

monochromatic

#4C4ACA #7B7AD8 #AAA9E6 #D9D8F4 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AAA9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#AAA9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9E6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA9E6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ADE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.087 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2ee',
    500: '#aaa9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa9e6;
$custom-light: #c4c2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.984,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75771,
    "c": 0.08704,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA9E6

secondary

#EFEFDC

accent

#C223C0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9E6

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

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