#AE9AB4#AE9AB4

#AE9AB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.043 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9AB4
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(286, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(286, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 12.18, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 16.26, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0325 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.043 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2481, 35.4056, 48.0429)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9AB4 #A0B49A

analogous

#A19AB4 #AE9AB4 #B49AAD

triadic

#AE9AB4 #B4AE9A #9AB4AE

tetradic

#AE9AB4 #B4A19A #A0B49A #9AADB4

square

#AE9AB4 #B4A19A #A0B49A #9AADB4

split-complementary

#AE9AB4 #ADB49A #9AB4A1

monochromatic

#725A79 #92779A #AE9AB4 #CABDCE #E6E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AE9AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AE9AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9AB4

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9AB4	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.043 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7ca',
    500: '#ae9ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ab4;
$custom-light: #c6b7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 14.773,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71209,
    "c": 0.04345,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9AB4

secondary

#D3D9D1

accent

#994D5E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9AB4

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

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