#AAA1BE#AAA1BE

#AAA1BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.043 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA1BE
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(259, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 8.95, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 16.38, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.021 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.043 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6149, 37.7534, 53.9580)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA1BE #B5BEA1

analogous

#A1A7BE #AAA1BE #B9A1BE

triadic

#AAA1BE #BEAAA1 #A1BEAA

tetradic

#AAA1BE #BEA1A7 #B5BEA1 #A1BEB9

square

#AAA1BE #BEA1A7 #B5BEA1 #A1BEB9

split-complementary

#AAA1BE #BEB9A1 #A7BEA1

monochromatic

#6A5D87 #897DA5 #AAA1BE #CBC5D7 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAA1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AAA1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA1BE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA1BE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.043 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bcd1',
    500: '#aaa1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa1be;
$custom-light: #c3bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72612,
    "c": 0.04259,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA1BE

secondary

#DFE2D9

accent

#9D4983

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA1BE

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

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