#AAA6B5#AAA6B5

#AAA6B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.022 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6B5
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(256, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 4.33, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 8.40, 301.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0103 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.022 298)
XYZ	xyz(38.5527, 39.1546, 49.2336)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6B5 #B1B5A6

analogous

#A6A9B5 #AAA6B5 #B1A6B5

triadic

#AAA6B5 #B5AAA6 #A6B5AA

tetradic

#AAA6B5 #B5A6A9 #B1B5A6 #A6B5B1

square

#AAA6B5 #B5A6A9 #B1B5A6 #A6B5B1

split-complementary

#AAA6B5 #B5B1A6 #A9B5A6

monochromatic

#6B667B #8A8599 #AAA6B5 #CAC7D1 #EAE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA6B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAA6B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6B5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6B5	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)

#A3A8B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.022 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0cb',
    500: '#aaa6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6b5;
$custom-light: #c3c0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 9.202,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.02181,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6B5

secondary

#DCDED9

accent

#935282

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6B5

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

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