#AE9CBC#AE9CBC

#AE9CBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.050 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9CBC
RGB	rgb(174, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, 12.67, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 18.95, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0323 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.05 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4196, 36.4067, 52.5704)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9CBC #AABC9C

analogous

#9E9CBC #AE9CBC #BC9CBA

triadic

#AE9CBC #BCAE9C #9CBCAE

tetradic

#AE9CBC #BC9E9C #AABC9C #9CBABC

square

#AE9CBC #BC9E9C #AABC9C #9CBABC

split-complementary

#AE9CBC #BABC9C #9CBC9E

monochromatic

#715984 #9078A3 #AE9CBC #CCC0D5 #EAE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AE9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AE9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9CBC

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9CBC	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.050 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b9d0',
    500: '#ae9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9cbc;
$custom-light: #c6b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71888,
    "c": 0.04985,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9CBC

secondary

#D9DFD5

accent

#9E486D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9CBC

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

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