#AEA0B6#AEA0B6

#AEA0B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0B6
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 182)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 9.23, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 13.24, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0241 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4685, 37.5179, 49.4620)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0B6 #A8B6A0

analogous

#A3A0B6 #AEA0B6 #B6A0B3

triadic

#AEA0B6 #B6AEA0 #A0B6AE

tetradic

#AEA0B6 #B6A3A0 #A8B6A0 #A0B3B6

square

#AEA0B6 #B6A3A0 #A8B6A0 #A0B3B6

split-complementary

#AEA0B6 #B3B6A0 #A0B6A3

monochromatic

#725F7C #907D9B #AEA0B6 #CCC3D1 #E9E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AEA0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AEA0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0B6

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0B6	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bccb',
    500: '#aea0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0b6;
$custom-light: #c6bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 13.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0B6

secondary

#D8DCD5

accent

#974E69

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0B6

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

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