#AAA5BD#AAA5BD

#AAA5BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.035 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5BD
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 6.52, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 13.35, 299.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0147 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.035 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2162, 39.1303, 53.6211)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5BD #B8BDA5

analogous

#A5ACBD #AAA5BD #B6A5BD

triadic

#AAA5BD #BDAAA5 #A5BDAA

tetradic

#AAA5BD #BDA5AC #B8BDA5 #A5BDB6

square

#AAA5BD #BDA5AC #B8BDA5 #A5BDB6

split-complementary

#AAA5BD #BDB6A5 #ACBDA5

monochromatic

#696286 #8982A3 #AAA5BD #CBC8D7 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5BD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5BD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.035 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd0',
    500: '#aaa5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5bd;
$custom-light: #c3bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.03468,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5BD

secondary

#E1E2DB

accent

#9A4C89

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5BD

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

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