#AAAEC8#AAAEC8

#AAAEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.037 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEC8
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(232, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 3.89, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 14.21, 285.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0056 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.037 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1366, 42.9877, 60.7099)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEC8 #C8C4AA

analogous

#AABDC8 #AAAEC8 #B5AAC8

triadic

#AAAEC8 #C8AAAE #AEC8AA

tetradic

#AAAEC8 #C8AABD #C8C4AA #AAC8B5

square

#AAAEC8 #C8AABD #C8C4AA #AAC8B5

split-complementary

#AAAEC8 #C8B5AA #BDC8AA

monochromatic

#616896 #858BB0 #AAAEC8 #CFD1E0 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AAAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#AAAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEC8

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEC8	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.037 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6d8',
    500: '#aaaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaec8;
$custom-light: #c3c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75611,
    "c": 0.03744,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEC8

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#9446A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEC8

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

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