#AAAEC5#AAAEC5

#AAAEC5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.033 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEC5
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(231, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(231, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 3.25, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 12.59, 284.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0045 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.033 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7894, 42.8489, 58.8815)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEC5 #C5C1AA

analogous

#AABCC5 #AAAEC5 #B4AAC5

triadic

#AAAEC5 #C5AAAE #AEC5AA

tetradic

#AAAEC5 #C5AABC #C5C1AA #AAC5B4

square

#AAAEC5 #C5AABC #C5C1AA #AAC5B4

split-complementary

#AAAEC5 #C5B4AA #BCC5AA

monochromatic

#636A91 #868BAC #AAAEC5 #CED1DE #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AAAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#AAAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEC5

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEC5	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.033 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6d6',
    500: '#aaaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaec5;
$custom-light: #c3c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.111,
    "s": 18.881,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75506,
    "c": 0.03317,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEC5

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#91489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEC5

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

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