#AAA4BF#AAA4BF

#AAA4BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.039 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4BF
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(253, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 7.49, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 15.05, 299.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0169 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.039 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2551, 38.8584, 54.7125)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4BF #B9BFA4

analogous

#A4ACBF #AAA4BF #B8A4BF

triadic

#AAA4BF #BFAAA4 #A4BFAA

tetradic

#AAA4BF #BFA4AC #B9BFA4 #A4BFB8

square

#AAA4BF #BFA4AC #B9BFA4 #A4BFB8

split-complementary

#AAA4BF #BFB8A4 #ACBFA4

monochromatic

#696089 #8880A6 #AAA4BF #CCC8D8 #EDECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AAA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4BF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4BF	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.039 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd2',
    500: '#aaa4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4bf;
$custom-light: #c3bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.0391,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4BF

secondary

#E2E3DC

accent

#9C4A89

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4BF

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

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