#AAA9E8#AAA9E8

#AAA9E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AAA9E8
RGBrgb(170, 169, 232)
HSLhsl(241, 58%, 79%)
HSVhsv(241, 27%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(26.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.38, 13.99, -31.44)
CIE-LCHlch(71.38, 34.41, 293.98°)
OKLaboklab(75.86% 0.0229 -0.0869)
OKLCHoklch(75.86% 0.09 284.8)
XYZxyz(45.3273, 42.7472, 82.1912)
Luminance0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AAA9E8 #E7E8A9
analogous
#A9C7E8 #AAA9E8 #C9A9E8
triadic
#AAA9E8 #E8AAA9 #A9E8AA
tetradic
#AAA9E8 #E8A9C7 #E7E8A9 #A9E8C9
square
#AAA9E8 #E8A9C7 #E7E8A9 #A9E8C9
split-complementary
#AAA9E8 #E8C9A9 #C7E8A9
monochromatic
#4B48CE #7A79DB #AAA9E8 #DAD9F5 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#AAA9E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55
#AAA9E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA9E8
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AAA9E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AAA9E81.002.209.559.55
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5521.001.001.00
##0000009.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#98B1EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96ADE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9BB4BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aaa9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 284.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2ef',
    500: '#aaa9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aaa9e8;
$custom-light: #c4c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aaa9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.952,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75856,
    "c": 0.08986,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AAA9E8
secondary
#EFF0DB
accent
#C520C3
background
#FCFBFE
surface
#F8F7FD
border
#D1D0D5
text
#131216
muted
#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA9E8

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#AAA9E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva