#AE9CB2#AE9CB2

#AE9CB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.037 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CB2
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(289, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(289, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 10.67, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 13.94, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0287 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.037 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3787, 35.9903, 47.0885)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CB2 #A0B29C

analogous

#A39CB2 #AE9CB2 #B29CAB

triadic

#AE9CB2 #B2AE9C #9CB2AE

tetradic

#AE9CB2 #B2A39C #A0B29C #9CABB2

square

#AE9CB2 #B2A39C #A0B29C #9CABB2

split-complementary

#AE9CB2 #ABB29C #9CB2A3

monochromatic

#725D77 #927A97 #AE9CB2 #CABECD #E6E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AE9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AE9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CB2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CB2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.037 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9c9',
    500: '#ae9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cb2;
$custom-light: #c6b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.0374,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CB2

secondary

#D3D9D1

accent

#974F5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CB2

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

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