#AE9FBB#AE9FBB

#AE9FBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.043 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9FBB
RGB	rgb(174, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(272, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 10.79, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 16.46, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0274 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.043 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8218, 37.3830, 52.1745)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9FBB #ACBB9F

analogous

#A09FBB #AE9FBB #BB9FBA

triadic

#AE9FBB #BBAE9F #9FBBAE

tetradic

#AE9FBB #BBA09F #ACBB9F #9FBABB

square

#AE9FBB #BBA09F #ACBB9F #9FBABB

split-complementary

#AE9FBB #BABB9F #9FBBA0

monochromatic

#715D83 #907BA2 #AE9FBB #CCC3D4 #EAE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AE9FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AE9FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9FBB

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9FBB	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.043 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bbcf',
    500: '#ae9fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9fbb;
$custom-light: #c6bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.04323,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9FBB

secondary

#DBDFD7

accent

#9B4A70

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9FBB

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

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