#AAA3C8#AAA3C8

#AAA3C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.053 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA3C8
RGB	rgb(170, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 9.97, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 20.57, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0215 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.053 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0979, 38.9103, 60.0303)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA3C8 #C1C8A3

analogous

#A3AEC8 #AAA3C8 #BCA3C8

triadic

#AAA3C8 #C8AAA3 #A3C8AA

tetradic

#AAA3C8 #C8A3AE #C1C8A3 #A3C8BC

square

#AAA3C8 #C8A3AE #C1C8A3 #A3C8BC

split-complementary

#AAA3C8 #C8BCA3 #AEC8A3

monochromatic

#655A97 #877DB1 #AAA3C8 #CDC9DF #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AAA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA3C8

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA3C8	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.053 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bed8',
    500: '#aaa3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa3c8;
$custom-light: #c3bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 25.17,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.05341,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA3C8

secondary

#E6E8DF

accent

#A44291

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA3C8

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

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