#AAA1B8#AAA1B8

#AAA1B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.034 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA1B8
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 184)
HSL	hsl(263, 14%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 7.70, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 13.16, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0188 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.034 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9726, 37.4965, 50.5752)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA1B8 #AFB8A1

analogous

#A1A4B8 #AAA1B8 #B5A1B8

triadic

#AAA1B8 #B8AAA1 #A1B8AA

tetradic

#AAA1B8 #B8A1A4 #AFB8A1 #A1B8B5

square

#AAA1B8 #B8A1A4 #AFB8A1 #A1B8B5

split-complementary

#AAA1B8 #B8B5A1 #A4B8A1

monochromatic

#6C607F #8A7E9E #AAA1B8 #CAC4D2 #E9E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAA1B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AAA1B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA1B8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA1B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA1B8	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa1b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.034 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bccd',
    500: '#aaa1b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa1b8;
$custom-light: #c3bccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa1b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 13.939,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.03431,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA1B8

secondary

#DBDED7

accent

#984D7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA1B8

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

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