#AAA6BB#AAA6BB

#AAA6BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.030 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6BB
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(251, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(251, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 5.55, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 11.65, 298.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0125 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.03 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1817, 39.4062, 52.5460)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6BB #B7BBA6

analogous

#A6ADBB #AAA6BB #B5A6BB

triadic

#AAA6BB #BBAAA6 #A6BBAA

tetradic

#AAA6BB #BBA6AD #B7BBA6 #A6BBB5

square

#AAA6BB #BBA6AD #B7BBA6 #A6BBB5

split-complementary

#AAA6BB #BBB5A6 #ADBBA6

monochromatic

#6A6483 #8983A0 #AAA6BB #CBC9D6 #ECEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AAA6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6BB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6BB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.030 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0cf',
    500: '#aaa6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6bb;
$custom-light: #c3c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.03026,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6BB

secondary

#E0E1DB

accent

#984E8A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6BB

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

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