#AAA5BF#AAA5BF

#AAA5BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.038 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA5BF
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(252, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(252, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 6.94, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 14.44, 298.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0154 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.038 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4348, 39.2177, 54.7723)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA5BF #BABFA5

analogous

#A5ADBF #AAA5BF #B7A5BF

triadic

#AAA5BF #BFAAA5 #A5BFAA

tetradic

#AAA5BF #BFA5AD #BABFA5 #A5BFB7

square

#AAA5BF #BFA5AD #BABFA5 #A5BFB7

split-complementary

#AAA5BF #BFB7A5 #ADBFA5

monochromatic

#696189 #8881A6 #AAA5BF #CCC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA5BF

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA5BF	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.038 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfd2',
    500: '#aaa5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa5bf;
$custom-light: #c3bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.03751,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA5BF

secondary

#E2E4DC

accent

#9B4A8C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA5BF

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

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