#AEA0B4#AEA0B4

#AEA0B4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.033 H 315.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0B4
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 180)
HSL	hsl(282, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 8.83, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 12.24, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0233 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.033 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2633, 37.4358, 48.3813)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0B4 #A6B4A0

analogous

#A4A0B4 #AEA0B4 #B4A0B0

triadic

#AEA0B4 #B4AEA0 #A0B4AE

tetradic

#AEA0B4 #B4A4A0 #A6B4A0 #A0B0B4

square

#AEA0B4 #B4A4A0 #A6B4A0 #A0B0B4

split-complementary

#AEA0B4 #B0B4A0 #A0B4A4

monochromatic

#72607A #917E99 #AEA0B4 #CBC2CF #E8E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AEA0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0B4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0B4	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.033 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcca',
    500: '#aea0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0b4;
$custom-light: #c6bcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.03252,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0B4

secondary

#D7DBD5

accent

#965065

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0B4

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

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