#AE9FB2#AE9FB2

#AE9FB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.032 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9FB2
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(287, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 9.00, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 11.93, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0241 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.032 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8884, 37.0096, 47.2584)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9FB2 #A3B29F

analogous

#A49FB2 #AE9FB2 #B29FAC

triadic

#AE9FB2 #B2AE9F #9FB2AE

tetradic

#AE9FB2 #B2A49F #A3B29F #9FACB2

square

#AE9FB2 #B2A49F #A3B29F #9FACB2

split-complementary

#AE9FB2 #ACB29F #9FB2A4

monochromatic

#726077 #917D97 #AE9FB2 #CBC1CD #E7E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AE9FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#AE9FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9FB2

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9FB2	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)

#9DA3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.032 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bbc9',
    500: '#ae9fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9fb2;
$custom-light: #c6bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 10.983,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.03192,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9FB2

secondary

#D5DAD3

accent

#95505F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9FB2

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

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