#AAA7B5#AAA7B5

#AAA7B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.020 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA7B5
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 181)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(253, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 3.78, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 7.78, 299.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0088 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.02 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7352, 39.5196, 49.2945)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA7B5 #B2B5A7

analogous

#A7ABB5 #AAA7B5 #B1A7B5

triadic

#AAA7B5 #B5AAA7 #A7B5AA

tetradic

#AAA7B5 #B5A7AB #B2B5A7 #A7B5B1

square

#AAA7B5 #B5A7AB #B2B5A7 #A7B5B1

split-complementary

#AAA7B5 #B5B1A7 #ABB5A7

monochromatic

#6B677B #8A8699 #AAA7B5 #CAC8D1 #EAE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAA7B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AAA7B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA7B5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA7B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA7B5	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)

#A4A9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa7b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.020 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1cb',
    500: '#aaa7b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa7b5;
$custom-light: #c3c1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa7b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 8.642,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.0202,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA7B5

secondary

#DDDEDA

accent

#935385

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA7B5

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

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