#AE9EB8#AE9EB8

#AE9EB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.041 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9EB8
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(277, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 10.74, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 15.58, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0278 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.041 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3327, 36.9133, 50.4437)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9EB8 #A8B89E

analogous

#A19EB8 #AE9EB8 #B89EB5

triadic

#AE9EB8 #B8AE9E #9EB8AE

tetradic

#AE9EB8 #B8A19E #A8B89E #9EB5B8

square

#AE9EB8 #B8A19E #A8B89E #9EB5B8

split-complementary

#AE9EB8 #B5B89E #9EB8A1

monochromatic

#725D7F #907B9E #AE9EB8 #CCC1D2 #E9E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AE9EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AE9EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9EB8

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9EB8	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.041 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bacd',
    500: '#ae9eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9eb8;
$custom-light: #c6bacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.04114,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9EB8

secondary

#D8DDD5

accent

#9A4C6A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9EB8

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

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