#AAA6B9#AAA6B9

#AAA6B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.027 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6B9
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 185)
HSL	hsl(253, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 10.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 5.14, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 10.57, 299.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0118 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.027 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9691, 39.3212, 51.4263)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6B9 #B5B9A6

analogous

#A6ACB9 #AAA6B9 #B4A6B9

triadic

#AAA6B9 #B9AAA6 #A6B9AA

tetradic

#AAA6B9 #B9A6AC #B5B9A6 #A6B9B4

square

#AAA6B9 #B9A6AC #B5B9A6 #A6B9B4

split-complementary

#AAA6B9 #B9B4A6 #ACB9A6

monochromatic

#6A6580 #89849E #AAA6B9 #CBC8D4 #EBEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAA6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6B9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6B9	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)

#A2A8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.027 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0ce',
    500: '#aaa6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6b9;
$custom-light: #c3c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 11.95,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73453,
    "c": 0.02743,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6B9

secondary

#DFE0DB

accent

#964F87

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6B9

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

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