#AAA3BC#AAA3BC

#AAA3BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.036 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3BC
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 7.42, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 14.04, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0173 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.037 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7501, 38.3712, 52.9321)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3BC #B5BCA3

analogous

#A3A9BC #AAA3BC #B7A3BC

triadic

#AAA3BC #BCAAA3 #A3BCAA

tetradic

#AAA3BC #BCA3A9 #B5BCA3 #A3BCB7

square

#AAA3BC #BCA3A9 #B5BCA3 #A3BCB7

split-complementary

#AAA3BC #BCB7A3 #A9BCA3

monochromatic

#6A6084 #8980A2 #AAA3BC #CBC6D6 #EBEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AAA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3BC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3BC	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.036 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bed0',
    500: '#aaa3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3bc;
$custom-light: #c3bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.0365,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3BC

secondary

#DFE1DA

accent

#9A4C84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3BC

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

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