#AAA4B8#AAA4B8

#AAA4B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4B8
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(258, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 6.04, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 11.26, 302.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0144 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5031, 38.5576, 50.7520)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4B8 #B2B8A4

analogous

#A4A8B8 #AAA4B8 #B4A4B8

triadic

#AAA4B8 #B8AAA4 #A4B8AA

tetradic

#AAA4B8 #B8A4A8 #B2B8A4 #A4B8B4

square

#AAA4B8 #B8A4A8 #B2B8A4 #A4B8B4

split-complementary

#AAA4B8 #B8B4A4 #A8B8A4

monochromatic

#6B637F #8A829D #AAA4B8 #CAC6D3 #EAE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4B8

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4B8	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfcd',
    500: '#aaa4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4b8;
$custom-light: #c3bfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.02927,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4B8

secondary

#DDDFD9

accent

#964F81

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4B8

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

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