#AE9DB2#AE9DB2

#AE9DB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.036 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9DB2
RGB	rgb(174, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(289, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 10.11, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 13.27, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0272 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.036 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5472, 36.3273, 47.1447)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9DB2 #A1B29D

analogous

#A39DB2 #AE9DB2 #B29DAB

triadic

#AE9DB2 #B2AE9D #9DB2AE

tetradic

#AE9DB2 #B2A39D #A1B29D #9DABB2

square

#AE9DB2 #B2A39D #A1B29D #9DABB2

split-complementary

#AE9DB2 #ABB29D #9DB2A3

monochromatic

#725E77 #927B97 #AE9DB2 #CABFCD #E7E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AE9DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AE9DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9DB2

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9DB2	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.036 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bac9',
    500: '#ae9db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9db2;
$custom-light: #c6bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71737,
    "c": 0.03558,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9DB2

secondary

#D3D9D2

accent

#964F5D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9DB2

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

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