#AAA3BD#AAA3BD

#AAA3BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.038 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3BD
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 7.63, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 14.59, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0177 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.038 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8583, 38.4145, 53.5018)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3BD #B6BDA3

analogous

#A3A9BD #AAA3BD #B7A3BD

triadic

#AAA3BD #BDAAA3 #A3BDAA

tetradic

#AAA3BD #BDA3A9 #B6BDA3 #A3BDB7

square

#AAA3BD #BDA3A9 #B6BDA3 #A3BDB7

split-complementary

#AAA3BD #BDB7A3 #A9BDA3

monochromatic

#6A6086 #897FA3 #AAA3BD #CBC7D7 #ECEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3BD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3BD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.038 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bed0',
    500: '#aaa3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3bd;
$custom-light: #c3bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.03791,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3BD

secondary

#E0E2DA

accent

#9B4B85

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3BD

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

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