#AE9ABA#AE9ABA

#AE9ABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.051 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9ABA
RGB	rgb(174, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(278, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 13.38, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 19.25, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0346 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.051 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8726, 35.6554, 51.3319)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9ABA #A6BA9A

analogous

#9E9ABA #AE9ABA #BA9AB6

triadic

#AE9ABA #BAAE9A #9ABAAE

tetradic

#AE9ABA #BA9E9A #A6BA9A #9AB6BA

square

#AE9ABA #BA9E9A #A6BA9A #9AB6BA

split-complementary

#AE9ABA #B6BA9A #9ABA9E

monochromatic

#725881 #9176A1 #AE9ABA #CBBED3 #E8E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AE9ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AE9ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9ABA

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9ABA	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.051 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7ce',
    500: '#ae9aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9aba;
$custom-light: #c6b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71422,
    "c": 0.05086,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9ABA

secondary

#D7DDD3

accent

#9D4868

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9ABA

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

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