#AAADC8#AAADC8

#AAADC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.039 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAADC8
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(234, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(234, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 4.44, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 14.75, 287.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.007 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.039 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9441, 42.6028, 60.6457)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAADC8 #C8C5AA

analogous

#AABCC8 #AAADC8 #B6AAC8

triadic

#AAADC8 #C8AAAD #ADC8AA

tetradic

#AAADC8 #C8AABC #C8C5AA #AAC8B6

square

#AAADC8 #C8AABC #C8C5AA #AAC8B6

split-complementary

#AAADC8 #C8B6AA #BCC8AA

monochromatic

#616796 #8589B0 #AAADC8 #CFD1E0 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AAADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#AAADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAADC8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAADC8	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)

#A6B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaadc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.039 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5d8',
    500: '#aaadc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaadc8;
$custom-light: #c3c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaadc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.03874,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAADC8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9746A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAADC8

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

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