#AAA4B9#AAA4B9

#AAA4B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.031 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4B9
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 185)
HSL	hsl(257, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 6.24, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 11.80, 301.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0147 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.031 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6083, 38.5997, 51.3060)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4B9 #B3B9A4

analogous

#A4A8B9 #AAA4B9 #B4A4B9

triadic

#AAA4B9 #B9AAA4 #A4B9AA

tetradic

#AAA4B9 #B9A4A8 #B3B9A4 #A4B9B4

square

#AAA4B9 #B9A4A8 #B3B9A4 #A4B9B4

split-complementary

#AAA4B9 #B9B4A4 #A8B9A4

monochromatic

#6B6380 #8A819E #AAA4B9 #CAC7D4 #EBE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAA4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4B9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4B9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.031 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfce',
    500: '#aaa4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4b9;
$custom-light: #c3bfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73044,
    "c": 0.03066,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4B9

secondary

#DEE0D9

accent

#974E82

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4B9

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

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