#AAA5BE#AAA5BE

#AAA5BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.036 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5BE
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(252, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 6.73, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 13.90, 298.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0151 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.036 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3251, 39.1739, 54.1948)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5BE #B9BEA5

analogous

#A5ADBE #AAA5BE #B7A5BE

triadic

#AAA5BE #BEAAA5 #A5BEAA

tetradic

#AAA5BE #BEA5AD #B9BEA5 #A5BEB7

square

#AAA5BE #BEA5AD #B9BEA5 #A5BEB7

split-complementary

#AAA5BE #BEB7A5 #ADBEA5

monochromatic

#696287 #8881A4 #AAA5BE #CCC9D8 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5BE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5BE	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)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.036 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd1',
    500: '#aaa5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5be;
$custom-light: #c3bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.03609,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5BE

secondary

#E2E3DC

accent

#9A4B8B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5BE

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

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