#AAA6BD#AAA6BD

#AAA6BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.033 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6BD
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(250, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 5.96, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 12.74, 297.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0132 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.033 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3973, 39.4924, 53.6815)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6BD #B9BDA6

analogous

#A6AEBD #AAA6BD #B6A6BD

triadic

#AAA6BD #BDAAA6 #A6BDAA

tetradic

#AAA6BD #BDA6AE #B9BDA6 #A6BDB6

square

#AAA6BD #BDA6AE #B9BDA6 #A6BDB6

split-complementary

#AAA6BD #BDB6A6 #AEBDA6

monochromatic

#696386 #8883A3 #AAA6BD #CCC9D7 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AAA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6BD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6BD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.033 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0d0',
    500: '#aaa6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6bd;
$custom-light: #c3c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7359,
    "c": 0.0331,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6BD

secondary

#E2E3DC

accent

#994C8C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6BD

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

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