#AAA5B3#AAA5B3

#AAA5B3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.021 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5B3
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 179)
HSL	hsl(261, 8%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 8%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 4.48, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 7.94, 304.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.011 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.021 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1679, 38.7110, 48.1003)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5B3 #AEB3A5

analogous

#A5A7B3 #AAA5B3 #B1A5B3

triadic

#AAA5B3 #B3AAA5 #A5B3AA

tetradic

#AAA5B3 #B3A5A7 #AEB3A5 #A5B3B1

square

#AAA5B3 #B3A5A7 #AEB3A5 #A5B3B1

split-complementary

#AAA5B3 #B3B1A5 #A7B3A5

monochromatic

#6C6578 #8B8497 #AAA5B3 #C9C6CF #E9E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAA5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5B3

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5B3	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.021 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfc9',
    500: '#aaa5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5b3;
$custom-light: #c3bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 8.434,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.02069,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5B3

secondary

#DBDCD8

accent

#92537C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5B3

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

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