#AAA1BD#AAA1BD

#AAA1BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.041 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA1BD
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 8.74, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 15.84, 303.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0206 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.041 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5060, 37.7099, 53.3844)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA1BD #B4BDA1

analogous

#A1A6BD #AAA1BD #B8A1BD

triadic

#AAA1BD #BDAAA1 #A1BDAA

tetradic

#AAA1BD #BDA1A6 #B4BDA1 #A1BDB8

square

#AAA1BD #BDA1A6 #B4BDA1 #A1BDB8

split-complementary

#AAA1BD #BDB8A1 #A6BDA1

monochromatic

#6B5E86 #897DA4 #AAA1BD #CBC5D6 #EBE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAA1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AAA1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA1BD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA1BD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.041 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcd0',
    500: '#aaa1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa1bd;
$custom-light: #c3bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72576,
    "c": 0.0412,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA1BD

secondary

#DEE1D9

accent

#9C4A81

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA1BD

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

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