#AE9AB8#AE9AB8

#AE9AB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.048 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9AB8
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 17%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 16%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 12.97, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 18.24, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0339 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.048 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6615, 35.5709, 50.2199)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9AB8 #A4B89A

analogous

#9F9AB8 #AE9AB8 #B89AB3

triadic

#AE9AB8 #B8AE9A #9AB8AE

tetradic

#AE9AB8 #B89F9A #A4B89A #9AB3B8

square

#AE9AB8 #B89F9A #A4B89A #9AB3B8

split-complementary

#AE9AB8 #B3B89A #9AB89F

monochromatic

#72597F #91769F #AE9AB8 #CBBED1 #E8E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AE9AB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AE9AB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9AB8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9AB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9AB8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.048 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7cd',
    500: '#ae9ab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ab8;
$custom-light: #c6b7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 17.442,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7135,
    "c": 0.04835,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9AB8

secondary

#D5DCD2

accent

#9C4A65

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9AB8

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

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