#AAA4BD#AAA4BD

#AAA4BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.036 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4BD
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 7.07, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 13.97, 300.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0162 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.036 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0365, 38.7710, 53.5612)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4BD #B7BDA4

analogous

#A4ABBD #AAA4BD #B7A4BD

triadic

#AAA4BD #BDAAA4 #A4BDAA

tetradic

#AAA4BD #BDA4AB #B7BDA4 #A4BDB7

square

#AAA4BD #BDA4AB #B7BDA4 #A4BDB7

split-complementary

#AAA4BD #BDB7A4 #ABBDA4

monochromatic

#6A6186 #8981A3 #AAA4BD #CBC7D7 #ECEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AAA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4BD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4BD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.036 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd0',
    500: '#aaa4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4bd;
$custom-light: #c3bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.03628,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4BD

secondary

#E0E2DB

accent

#9A4B87

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4BD

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

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