#AAA4B5#AAA4B5

#AAA4B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.025 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4B5
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 181)
HSL	hsl(261, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 5.43, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 9.65, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0132 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.025 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1920, 38.4332, 49.1134)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4B5 #AFB5A4

analogous

#A4A6B5 #AAA4B5 #B2A4B5

triadic

#AAA4B5 #B5AAA4 #A4B5AA

tetradic

#AAA4B5 #B5A4A6 #AFB5A4 #A4B5B2

square

#AAA4B5 #B5A4A6 #AFB5A4 #A4B5B2

split-complementary

#AAA4B5 #B5B2A4 #A6B5A4

monochromatic

#6C647B #8A829A #AAA4B5 #CAC6D0 #E9E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AAA4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4B5

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4B5	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A6B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.025 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfcb',
    500: '#aaa4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4b5;
$custom-light: #c3bfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 10.303,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.02512,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4B5

secondary

#DBDDD8

accent

#94517D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4B5

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

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