#AAAEC9#AAAEC9

#AAAEC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.039 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAEC9
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(232, 22%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(232, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 4.11, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 14.76, 286.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0059 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.039 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2538, 43.0346, 61.3274)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAEC9 #C9C5AA

analogous

#AABDC9 #AAAEC9 #B5AAC9

triadic

#AAAEC9 #C9AAAE #AEC9AA

tetradic

#AAAEC9 #C9AABD #C9C5AA #AAC9B5

square

#AAAEC9 #C9AABD #C9C5AA #AAC9B5

split-complementary

#AAAEC9 #C9B5AA #BDC9AA

monochromatic

#616898 #858AB1 #AAAEC9 #CFD2E1 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#AAAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#AAAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAEC9

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAEC9	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3B3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.039 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6d9',
    500: '#aaaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaec9;
$custom-light: #c3c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.258,
    "s": 22.302,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.03885,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAEC9

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#9545A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAEC9

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

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