#AAA6B4#AAA6B4

#AAA6B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.020 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6B4
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 4.13, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 7.86, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0099 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.02 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4505, 39.1137, 48.6952)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6B4 #B0B4A6

analogous

#A6A9B4 #AAA6B4 #B1A6B4

triadic

#AAA6B4 #B4AAA6 #A6B4AA

tetradic

#AAA6B4 #B4A6A9 #B0B4A6 #A6B4B1

square

#AAA6B4 #B4A6A9 #B0B4A6 #A6B4B1

split-complementary

#AAA6B4 #B4B1A6 #A9B4A6

monochromatic

#6C6679 #8A8598 #AAA6B4 #CAC7D0 #E9E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAA6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6B4

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6B4	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.020 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0ca',
    500: '#aaa6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6b4;
$custom-light: #c3c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.02041,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6B4

secondary

#DCDDD9

accent

#935380

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6B4

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

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