#AAA0B4#AAA0B4

#AAA0B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.031 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0B4
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 180)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 7.45, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 11.69, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0189 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.031 308)
XYZ	xyz(37.3852, 36.9831, 48.3401)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0B4 #AAB4A0

analogous

#A0A0B4 #AAA0B4 #B4A0B4

triadic

#AAA0B4 #B4AAA0 #A0B4AA

tetradic

#AAA0B4 #B4A0A0 #AAB4A0 #A0B4B4

square

#AAA0B4 #B4A0A0 #AAB4A0 #A0B4B4

split-complementary

#AAA0B4 #B4B4A0 #A0B4A0

monochromatic

#6D607A #8B7E99 #AAA0B4 #C9C2CF #E7E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AAA0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0B4

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0B4	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.031 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcca',
    500: '#aaa0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0b4;
$custom-light: #c3bcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.03064,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.36983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0B4

secondary

#D8DBD5

accent

#965073

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0B4

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

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