#AAAEC4#AAAEC4

#AAAEC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.032 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEC4
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(231, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 3.04, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 12.05, 284.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0041 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.032 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6752, 42.8032, 58.2801)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEC4 #C4C0AA

analogous

#AABBC4 #AAAEC4 #B3AAC4

triadic

#AAAEC4 #C4AAAE #AEC4AA

tetradic

#AAAEC4 #C4AABB #C4C0AA #AAC4B3

square

#AAAEC4 #C4AABB #C4C0AA #AAC4B3

split-complementary

#AAAEC4 #C4B3AA #BBC4AA

monochromatic

#646B90 #868CAB #AAAEC4 #CED0DD #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AAAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#AAAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEC4

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEC4	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.032 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6d5',
    500: '#aaaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaec4;
$custom-light: #c3c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 18.056,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75472,
    "c": 0.03176,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEC4

secondary

#E8E7E2

accent

#90499C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEC4

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

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