#AE9CBA#AE9CBA

#AE9CBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.047 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CBA
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(276, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 12.26, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 17.92, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0316 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.047 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2055, 36.3210, 51.4428)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CBA #A8BA9C

analogous

#9F9CBA #AE9CBA #BA9CB7

triadic

#AE9CBA #BAAE9C #9CBAAE

tetradic

#AE9CBA #BA9F9C #A8BA9C #9CB7BA

square

#AE9CBA #BA9F9C #A8BA9C #9CB7BA

split-complementary

#AE9CBA #B7BA9C #9CBA9F

monochromatic

#725A81 #9078A1 #AE9CBA #CCC0D3 #E9E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AE9CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AE9CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CBA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CBA	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD9FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.047 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9ce',
    500: '#ae9cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cba;
$custom-light: #c6b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.04727,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CBA

secondary

#D8DED4

accent

#9C496A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CBA

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

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