#AE9EB6#AE9EB6

#AE9EB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.039 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9EB6
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(280, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 10.34, -10.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 14.57, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0271 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.039 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1246, 36.8301, 49.3474)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9EB6 #A6B69E

analogous

#A29EB6 #AE9EB6 #B69EB2

triadic

#AE9EB6 #B6AE9E #9EB6AE

tetradic

#AE9EB6 #B6A29E #A6B69E #9EB2B6

square

#AE9EB6 #B6A29E #A6B69E #9EB2B6

split-complementary

#AE9EB6 #B2B69E #9EB6A2

monochromatic

#725D7C #917B9C #AE9EB6 #CBC1D0 #E8E4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AE9EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AE9EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9EB6

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9EB6	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.039 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bacb',
    500: '#ae9eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9eb6;
$custom-light: #c6bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.03862,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9EB6

secondary

#D7DCD4

accent

#984D66

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9EB6

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

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