#AAA4C6#AAA4C6

#AAA4C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.049 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA4C6
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 198)
HSL	hsl(251, 23%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 8.98, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 18.87, 298.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0193 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.049 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0439, 39.1739, 58.8668)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA4C6 #C0C6A4

analogous

#A4AFC6 #AAA4C6 #BBA4C6

triadic

#AAA4C6 #C6AAA4 #A4C6AA

tetradic

#AAA4C6 #C6A4AF #C0C6A4 #A4C6BB

square

#AAA4C6 #C6A4AF #C0C6A4 #A4C6BB

split-complementary

#AAA4C6 #C6BBA4 #AFC6A4

monochromatic

#665C93 #877EAE #AAA4C6 #CDCADE #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAA4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA4C6

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA4C6	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.049 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd7',
    500: '#aaa4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa4c6;
$custom-light: #c3bfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 22.973,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.04901,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA4C6

secondary

#E6E7DE

accent

#A14491

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA4C6

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

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