#AE9DAD#AE9DAD

#AE9DAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.030 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9DAD
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(304, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(304, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 9.14, -6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 10.95, 326.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0253 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.03 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0543, 36.1302, 44.5489)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9DAD #9DAE9E

analogous

#A69DAE #AE9DAD #AE9DA5

triadic

#AE9DAD #ADAE9D #9DADAE

tetradic

#AE9DAD #AEA69D #9DAE9E #9DA5AE

square

#AE9DAD #AEA69D #9DAE9E #9DA5AE

split-complementary

#AE9DAD #A5AE9D #9DAEA6

monochromatic

#725E71 #927B91 #AE9DAD #CABFC9 #E5E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AE9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AE9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9DAD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9DAD	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)

#9CA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.030 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bac5',
    500: '#ae9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9dad;
$custom-light: #c6bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 9.497,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71571,
    "c": 0.02994,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9DAD

secondary

#D1D6D1

accent

#945652

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9DAD

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

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