#AAA5B5#AAA5B5

#AAA5B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.023 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5B5
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 181)
HSL	hsl(259, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 4.88, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 9.02, 302.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0117 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.023 300)
XYZ	xyz(38.3717, 38.7925, 49.1733)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5B5 #B0B5A5

analogous

#A5A8B5 #AAA5B5 #B2A5B5

triadic

#AAA5B5 #B5AAA5 #A5B5AA

tetradic

#AAA5B5 #B5A5A8 #B0B5A5 #A5B5B2

square

#AAA5B5 #B5A5A8 #B0B5A5 #A5B5B2

split-complementary

#AAA5B5 #B5B2A5 #A8B5A5

monochromatic

#6C657B #8A8399 #AAA5B5 #CAC7D1 #E9E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA5B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AAA5B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5B5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5B5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.023 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfcb',
    500: '#aaa5b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5b5;
$custom-light: #c3bfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 9.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73114,
    "c": 0.02345,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5B5

secondary

#DCDDD8

accent

#94527F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5B5

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

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