#AAA0C8#AAA0C8

#AAA0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.058 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA0C8
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 11.65, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 22.42, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0259 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.058 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5715, 37.8576, 59.8549)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA0C8 #BEC8A0

analogous

#A0AAC8 #AAA0C8 #BEA0C8

triadic

#AAA0C8 #C8AAA0 #A0C8AA

tetradic

#AAA0C8 #C8A0AA #BEC8A0 #A0C8BE

square

#AAA0C8 #C8A0AA #BEC8A0 #A0C8BE

split-complementary

#AAA0C8 #C8BEA0 #AAC8A0

monochromatic

#675796 #8779B2 #AAA0C8 #CDC7DE #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAA0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AAA0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA0C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA0C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.058 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcd8',
    500: '#aaa0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa0c8;
$custom-light: #c3bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA0C8

secondary

#E5E7DC

accent

#A5408C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA0C8

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

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