#AAA0B8#AAA0B8

#AAA0B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.036 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0B8
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(265, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 8.26, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 13.80, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0203 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.036 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7985, 37.1484, 50.5172)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0B8 #AEB8A0

analogous

#A0A2B8 #AAA0B8 #B6A0B8

triadic

#AAA0B8 #B8AAA0 #A0B8AA

tetradic

#AAA0B8 #B8A0A2 #AEB8A0 #A0B8B6

square

#AAA0B8 #B8A0A2 #AEB8A0 #A0B8B6

split-complementary

#AAA0B8 #B8B6A0 #A2B8A0

monochromatic

#6C5F7F #8B7D9E #AAA0B8 #C9C3D2 #E9E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#AAA0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0B8

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0B8	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.036 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bccd',
    500: '#aaa0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0b8;
$custom-light: #c3bccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72198,
    "c": 0.03602,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0B8

secondary

#DBDED6

accent

#994D79

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0B8

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

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