#AE9EAD#AE9EAD

#AE9EAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.028 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9EAD
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(304, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 8.59, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 10.28, 326.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0238 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.028 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2242, 36.4699, 44.6055)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9EAD #9EAE9F

analogous

#A79EAE #AE9EAD #AE9EA5

triadic

#AE9EAD #ADAE9E #9EADAE

tetradic

#AE9EAD #AEA79E #9EAE9F #9EA5AE

square

#AE9EAD #AEA79E #9EAE9F #9EA5AE

split-complementary

#AE9EAD #A5AE9E #9EAEA7

monochromatic

#725F71 #927D91 #AE9EAD #CABFC9 #E6E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AE9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#AE9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9EAD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9EAD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.028 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bac5',
    500: '#ae9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9ead;
$custom-light: #c6bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71772,
    "c": 0.0281,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9EAD

secondary

#D1D7D2

accent

#935753

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131112

muted

#828081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9EAD

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

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