#AAA6B8#AAA6B8

#AAA6B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.026 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6B8
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 184)
HSL	hsl(253, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 4.94, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 10.02, 299.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0114 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.026 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8639, 39.2791, 50.8723)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6B8 #B4B8A6

analogous

#A6ABB8 #AAA6B8 #B3A6B8

triadic

#AAA6B8 #B8AAA6 #A6B8AA

tetradic

#AAA6B8 #B8A6AB #B4B8A6 #A6B8B3

square

#AAA6B8 #B8A6AB #B4B8A6 #A6B8B3

split-complementary

#AAA6B8 #B8B3A6 #ABB8A6

monochromatic

#6B657F #89849D #AAA6B8 #CBC8D3 #EBEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAA6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6B8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6B8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.026 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0cd',
    500: '#aaa6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6b8;
$custom-light: #c3c0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6B8

secondary

#DEE0DA

accent

#955086

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6B8

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

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