#AE9EBA#AE9EBA

#AE9EBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.044 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9EBA
RGB	rgb(174, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(274, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 11.15, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 16.60, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0285 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.044 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5438, 36.9978, 51.5556)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9EBA #AABA9E

analogous

#A09EBA #AE9EBA #BA9EB8

triadic

#AE9EBA #BAAE9E #9EBAAE

tetradic

#AE9EBA #BAA09E #AABA9E #9EB8BA

square

#AE9EBA #BAA09E #AABA9E #9EB8BA

split-complementary

#AE9EBA #B8BA9E #9EBAA0

monochromatic

#715C81 #907AA1 #AE9EBA #CCC2D3 #EAE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AE9EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AE9EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9EBA

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9EBA	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.044 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bace',
    500: '#ae9eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9eba;
$custom-light: #c6bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.04371,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9EBA

secondary

#D9DED6

accent

#9B4A6D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9EBA

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

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