#AAA0BD#AAA0BD

#AAA0BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.043 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0BD
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 9.29, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 16.47, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0221 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.043 301)
XYZ	xyz(38.3319, 37.3618, 53.3264)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0BD #B3BDA0

analogous

#A0A4BD #AAA0BD #B8A0BD

triadic

#AAA0BD #BDAAA0 #A0BDAA

tetradic

#AAA0BD #BDA0A4 #B3BDA0 #A0BDB8

square

#AAA0BD #BDA0A4 #B3BDA0 #A0BDB8

split-complementary

#AAA0BD #BDB8A0 #A4BDA0

monochromatic

#6B5D86 #8A7CA4 #AAA0BD #CAC4D6 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AAA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0BD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0BD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.043 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcd0',
    500: '#aaa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0bd;
$custom-light: #c3bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.04287,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.37362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0BD

secondary

#DEE1D8

accent

#9C4980

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0BD

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

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