#AE9AAC#AE9AAC

#AE9AAC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.034 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9AAC
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 172)
HSL	hsl(306, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(306, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 10.62, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 12.54, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0296 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.034 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4566, 35.0889, 43.8740)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9AAC #9AAE9C

analogous

#A69AAE #AE9AAC #AE9AA2

triadic

#AE9AAC #ACAE9A #9AACAE

tetradic

#AE9AAC #AEA69A #9AAE9C #9AA2AE

square

#AE9AAC #AEA69A #9AAE9C #9AA2AE

split-complementary

#AE9AAC #A2AE9A #9AAEA6

monochromatic

#725C70 #937890 #AE9AAC #C9BCC8 #E4DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AE9AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AE9AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9AAC

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9AAC	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B09BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.034 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7c4',
    500: '#ae9aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9aac;
$custom-light: #c6b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70937,
    "c": 0.03444,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9AAC

secondary

#CED5CF

accent

#955750

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9AAC

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

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