#AAA0AF#AAA0AF

#AAA0AF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.024 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0AF
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 175)
HSL	hsl(280, 9%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 6.45, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 9.12, 315.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.017 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.024 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8850, 36.7830, 45.7058)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0AF #A5AFA0

analogous

#A2A0AF #AAA0AF #AFA0AC

triadic

#AAA0AF #AFAAA0 #A0AFAA

tetradic

#AAA0AF #AFA2A0 #A5AFA0 #A0ACAF

square

#AAA0AF #AFA2A0 #A5AFA0 #A0ACAF

split-complementary

#AAA0AF #ACAFA0 #A0AFA2

monochromatic

#6D6173 #8C7F93 #AAA0AF #C8C1CB #E5E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AAA0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0AF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0AF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.024 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcc6',
    500: '#aaa0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0af;
$custom-light: #c3bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.02418,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0AF

secondary

#D5D8D3

accent

#935368

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0AF

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

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