#AAA5B9#AAA5B9

#AAA5B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.029 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5B9
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 185)
HSL	hsl(255, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 5.69, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 11.18, 300.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0132 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.029 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7880, 38.9590, 51.3659)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5B9 #B4B9A5

analogous

#A5AAB9 #AAA5B9 #B4A5B9

triadic

#AAA5B9 #B9AAA5 #A5B9AA

tetradic

#AAA5B9 #B9A5AA #B4B9A5 #A5B9B4

square

#AAA5B9 #B9A5AA #B4B9A5 #A5B9B4

split-complementary

#AAA5B9 #B9B4A5 #AAB9A5

monochromatic

#6B6480 #89839E #AAA5B9 #CBC7D4 #EBEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAA5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5B9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5B9	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.029 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfce',
    500: '#aaa5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5b9;
$custom-light: #c3bfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73248,
    "c": 0.02904,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5B9

secondary

#DEE0DA

accent

#974F85

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5B9

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

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