#AAA6B6#AAA6B6

#AAA6B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.023 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6B6
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 182)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(255, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 4.53, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 8.94, 300.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0106 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.023 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6557, 39.1958, 49.7760)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6B6 #B2B6A6

analogous

#A6AAB6 #AAA6B6 #B2A6B6

triadic

#AAA6B6 #B6AAA6 #A6B6AA

tetradic

#AAA6B6 #B6A6AA #B2B6A6 #A6B6B2

square

#AAA6B6 #B6A6AA #B2B6A6 #A6B6B2

split-complementary

#AAA6B6 #B6B2A6 #AAB6A6

monochromatic

#6B667C #8A849A #AAA6B6 #CAC8D2 #EAE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAA6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6B6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6B6	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	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)

#A3A8B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.023 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0cb',
    500: '#aaa6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6b6;
$custom-light: #c3c0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 9.877,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73352,
    "c": 0.02321,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6B6

secondary

#DDDED9

accent

#945283

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6B6

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

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