#AE9AB6#AE9AB6

#AE9AB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.046 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9AB6
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 182)
HSL	hsl(283, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(283, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, 12.57, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 17.24, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0332 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.046 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4533, 35.4876, 49.1236)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9AB6 #A2B69A

analogous

#A09AB6 #AE9AB6 #B69AB0

triadic

#AE9AB6 #B6AE9A #9AB6AE

tetradic

#AE9AB6 #B6A09A #A2B69A #9AB0B6

square

#AE9AB6 #B6A09A #A2B69A #9AB0B6

split-complementary

#AE9AB6 #B0B69A #9AB6A0

monochromatic

#725A7C #92769C #AE9AB6 #CABED0 #E7E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE9AB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#AE9AB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9AB6

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9AB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9AB6	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.046 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7cb',
    500: '#ae9ab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ab6;
$custom-light: #c6b7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 16.092,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71279,
    "c": 0.04588,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9AB6

secondary

#D4DBD1

accent

#9A4B62

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9AB6

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

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