#AAA0BE#AAA0BE

#AAA0BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.044 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0BE
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 9.50, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 17.01, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0225 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.044 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4408, 37.4053, 53.9000)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0BE #B4BEA0

analogous

#A0A5BE #AAA0BE #B9A0BE

triadic

#AAA0BE #BEAAA0 #A0BEAA

tetradic

#AAA0BE #BEA0A5 #B4BEA0 #A0BEB9

square

#AAA0BE #BEA0A5 #B4BEA0 #A0BEB9

split-complementary

#AAA0BE #BEB9A0 #A5BEA0

monochromatic

#6B5C87 #897CA5 #AAA0BE #CBC4D7 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AAA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0BE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0BE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.044 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcd1',
    500: '#aaa0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0be;
$custom-light: #c3bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72411,
    "c": 0.04425,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0BE

secondary

#DEE1D8

accent

#9D4881

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0BE

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

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