#AAA0B5#AAA0B5

#AAA0B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.032 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0B5
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 181)
HSL	hsl(269, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 7.65, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 12.22, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0192 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.032 307)
XYZ	xyz(37.4874, 37.0239, 48.8785)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0B5 #ABB5A0

analogous

#A0A1B5 #AAA0B5 #B5A0B5

triadic

#AAA0B5 #B5AAA0 #A0B5AA

tetradic

#AAA0B5 #B5A0A1 #ABB5A0 #A0B5B5

square

#AAA0B5 #B5A0A1 #ABB5A0 #A0B5B5

split-complementary

#AAA0B5 #B5B5A0 #A1B5A0

monochromatic

#6D607B #8B7E9A #AAA0B5 #C9C2D0 #E8E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AAA0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0B5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0B5	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)

#9DA3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.032 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bccb',
    500: '#aaa0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0b5;
$custom-light: #c3bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 12.426,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72094,
    "c": 0.03198,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.37024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0B5

secondary

#D9DCD5

accent

#974F74

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0B5

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

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