#AAA0B3#AAA0B3

#AAA0B3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.029 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0B3
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 179)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(272, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 7.25, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 11.17, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0185 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.029 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2837, 36.9425, 47.8055)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0B3 #A9B3A0

analogous

#A1A0B3 #AAA0B3 #B3A0B3

triadic

#AAA0B3 #B3AAA0 #A0B3AA

tetradic

#AAA0B3 #B3A1A0 #A9B3A0 #A0B3B3

square

#AAA0B3 #B3A1A0 #A9B3A0 #A0B3B3

split-complementary

#AAA0B3 #B3B3A0 #A0B3A1

monochromatic

#6D6078 #8C7E98 #AAA0B3 #C8C2CE #E7E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AAA0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0B3

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0B3	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.029 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcc9',
    500: '#aaa0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0b3;
$custom-light: #c3bcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.02932,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0B3

secondary

#D7DAD4

accent

#955071

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0B3

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

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