#AAA0BC#AAA0BC

#AAA0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.041 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0BC
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 9.08, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 15.94, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0218 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.041 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2238, 37.3185, 52.7567)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0BC #B2BCA0

analogous

#A0A4BC #AAA0BC #B8A0BC

triadic

#AAA0BC #BCAAA0 #A0BCAA

tetradic

#AAA0BC #BCA0A4 #B2BCA0 #A0BCB8

square

#AAA0BC #BCA0A4 #B2BCA0 #A0BCB8

split-complementary

#AAA0BC #BCB8A0 #A4BCA0

monochromatic

#6B5D84 #8A7CA3 #AAA0BC #CAC4D5 #EAE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#AAA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0BC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0BC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.041 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcd0',
    500: '#aaa0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0bc;
$custom-light: #c3bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72339,
    "c": 0.04149,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0BC

secondary

#DDE0D8

accent

#9C4A7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0BC

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

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