#AAA5B4#AAA5B4

#AAA5B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.022 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5B4
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 4.68, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 8.48, 303.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0114 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.022 301)
XYZ	xyz(38.2694, 38.7516, 48.6348)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5B4 #AFB4A5

analogous

#A5A7B4 #AAA5B4 #B1A5B4

triadic

#AAA5B4 #B4AAA5 #A5B4AA

tetradic

#AAA5B4 #B4A5A7 #AFB4A5 #A5B4B1

square

#AAA5B4 #B4A5A7 #AFB4A5 #A5B4B1

split-complementary

#AAA5B4 #B4B1A5 #A7B4A5

monochromatic

#6C6579 #8A8498 #AAA5B4 #CAC6D0 #E9E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AAA5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5B4

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5B4	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)

#A2A7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.022 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfca',
    500: '#aaa5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5b4;
$custom-light: #c3bfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.02207,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.38752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5B4

secondary

#DBDDD8

accent

#93527E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5B4

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

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