#AE9BB2#AE9BB2

#AE9BB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.039 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9BB2
RGB	rgb(174, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(290, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 11.22, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 14.62, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0302 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.039 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2116, 35.6561, 47.0328)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9BB2 #9FB29B

analogous

#A29BB2 #AE9BB2 #B29BAA

triadic

#AE9BB2 #B2AE9B #9BB2AE

tetradic

#AE9BB2 #B2A29B #9FB29B #9BAAB2

square

#AE9BB2 #B2A29B #9FB29B #9BAAB2

split-complementary

#AE9BB2 #AAB29B #9BB2A2

monochromatic

#725C77 #927897 #AE9BB2 #CABECD #E6E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AE9BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AE9BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9BB2

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9BB2	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)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.039 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b8c9',
    500: '#ae9bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9bb2;
$custom-light: #c6b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71338,
    "c": 0.03924,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9BB2

secondary

#D2D8D1

accent

#974E5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9BB2

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

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