#AAA0B9#AAA0B9

#AAA0B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.037 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0B9
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 185)
HSL	hsl(264, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 8.46, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 14.33, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0207 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.037 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9037, 37.1905, 51.0712)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0B9 #AFB9A0

analogous

#A0A2B9 #AAA0B9 #B7A0B9

triadic

#AAA0B9 #B9AAA0 #A0B9AA

tetradic

#AAA0B9 #B9A0A2 #AFB9A0 #A0B9B7

square

#AAA0B9 #B9A0A2 #AFB9A0 #A0B9B7

split-complementary

#AAA0B9 #B9B7A0 #A2B9A0

monochromatic

#6C5E80 #8A7D9F #AAA0B9 #CAC3D3 #E9E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AAA0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0B9

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0B9	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.037 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcce',
    500: '#aaa0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0b9;
$custom-light: #c3bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.03738,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0B9

secondary

#DBDED7

accent

#994C7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0B9

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

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