#AAA6BE#AAA6BE

#AAA6BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.035 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA6BE
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(250, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 6.17, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 13.29, 297.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0136 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.035 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5062, 39.5360, 54.2551)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA6BE #BABEA6

analogous

#A6AEBE #AAA6BE #B6A6BE

triadic

#AAA6BE #BEAAA6 #A6BEAA

tetradic

#AAA6BE #BEA6AE #BABEA6 #A6BEB6

square

#AAA6BE #BEA6AE #BABEA6 #A6BEB6

split-complementary

#AAA6BE #BEB6A6 #AEBEA6

monochromatic

#696387 #8883A4 #AAA6BE #CCC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AAA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA6BE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA6BE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.035 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0d1',
    500: '#aaa6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa6be;
$custom-light: #c3c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.03452,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA6BE

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#9A4C8D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA6BE

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

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