#AE9CB0#AE9CB0

#AE9CB0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.035 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CB0
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(294, 11%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(294, 11%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 10.28, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 13.00, 322.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.028 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.035 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1794, 35.9106, 46.0387)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CB0 #9EB09C

analogous

#A49CB0 #AE9CB0 #B09CA8

triadic

#AE9CB0 #B0AE9C #9CB0AE

tetradic

#AE9CB0 #B0A49C #9EB09C #9CA8B0

square

#AE9CB0 #B0A49C #9EB09C #9CA8B0

split-complementary

#AE9CB0 #A8B09C #9CB0A4

monochromatic

#725D75 #927A95 #AE9CB0 #CABECB #E6E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AE9CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#AE9CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CB0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CB0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.035 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9c7',
    500: '#ae9cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cb0;
$custom-light: #c6b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 11.236,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7147,
    "c": 0.03509,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CB0

secondary

#D1D7D1

accent

#955057

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CB0

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

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