#AE9CB6#AE9CB6

#AE9CB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.042 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CB6
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(282, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(282, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 11.46, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 15.90, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% 0.0301 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.042 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7862, 36.1533, 49.2346)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CB6 #A4B69C

analogous

#A19CB6 #AE9CB6 #B69CB1

triadic

#AE9CB6 #B6AE9C #9CB6AE

tetradic

#AE9CB6 #B6A19C #A4B69C #9CB1B6

square

#AE9CB6 #B6A19C #A4B69C #9CB1B6

split-complementary

#AE9CB6 #B1B69C #9CB6A1

monochromatic

#725C7C #91799C #AE9CB6 #CBBFD0 #E8E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE9CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AE9CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CB6

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CB6	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.042 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9cb',
    500: '#ae9cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cb6;
$custom-light: #c6b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.04224,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CB6

secondary

#D5DBD3

accent

#994C64

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CB6

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

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