#AAA3B5#AAA3B5

#AAA3B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.027 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3B5
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 181)
HSL	hsl(263, 11%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 5.99, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 10.28, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0147 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.027 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0138, 38.0767, 49.0540)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3B5 #AEB5A3

analogous

#A3A5B5 #AAA3B5 #B3A3B5

triadic

#AAA3B5 #B5AAA3 #A3B5AA

tetradic

#AAA3B5 #B5A3A5 #AEB5A3 #A3B5B3

square

#AAA3B5 #B5A3A5 #AEB5A3 #A3B5B3

split-complementary

#AAA3B5 #B5B3A3 #A5B5A3

monochromatic

#6C637B #8B819A #AAA3B5 #C9C5D0 #E9E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA3B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AAA3B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3B5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3B5	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.027 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3becb',
    500: '#aaa3b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3b5;
$custom-light: #c3becb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72705,
    "c": 0.02681,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3B5

secondary

#DBDDD7

accent

#95517A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3B5

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

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