#AAA5B6#AAA5B6

#AAA5B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.025 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5B6
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 182)
HSL	hsl(258, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 5.08, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 9.56, 302.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0121 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.025 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4746, 38.8337, 49.7156)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5B6 #B1B6A5

analogous

#A5A8B6 #AAA5B6 #B2A5B6

triadic

#AAA5B6 #B6AAA5 #A5B6AA

tetradic

#AAA5B6 #B6A5A8 #B1B6A5 #A5B6B2

square

#AAA5B6 #B6A5A8 #B1B6A5 #A5B6B2

split-complementary

#AAA5B6 #B6B2A5 #A8B6A5

monochromatic

#6B657C #8A839B #AAA5B6 #CAC7D1 #EAE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AAA5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5B6

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5B6	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#A2A7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.025 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfcb',
    500: '#aaa5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5b6;
$custom-light: #c3bfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 10.429,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.02484,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5B6

secondary

#DCDED9

accent

#945181

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5B6

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

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