#AE9EAE#AE9EAE

#AE9EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.029 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9EAE
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 8.78, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 10.73, 324.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0242 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.029 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3213, 36.5088, 45.1170)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9EAE #9EAE9E

analogous

#A69EAE #AE9EAE #AE9EA6

triadic

#AE9EAE #AEAE9E #9EAEAE

tetradic

#AE9EAE #AEA69E #9EAE9E #9EA6AE

square

#AE9EAE #AEA69E #9EAE9E #9EA6AE

split-complementary

#AE9EAE #A6AE9E #9EAEA6

monochromatic

#725F72 #927D92 #AE9EAE #CABFCA #E6E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AE9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AE9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9EAE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9EAE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.029 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bac6',
    500: '#ae9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9eae;
$custom-light: #c6bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71804,
    "c": 0.02918,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9EAE

secondary

#D1D7D1

accent

#935353

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9EAE

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

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