#AEA0B8#AEA0B8

#AEA0B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.038 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0B8
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(275, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 9.63, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 14.26, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0248 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.038 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6766, 37.6012, 50.5583)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0B8 #AAB8A0

analogous

#A2A0B8 #AEA0B8 #B8A0B6

triadic

#AEA0B8 #B8AEA0 #A0B8AE

tetradic

#AEA0B8 #B8A2A0 #AAB8A0 #A0B6B8

square

#AEA0B8 #B8A2A0 #AAB8A0 #A0B6B8

split-complementary

#AEA0B8 #B6B8A0 #A0B8A2

monochromatic

#715F7F #907D9E #AEA0B8 #CCC3D2 #EAE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AEA0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0B8

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0B8	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.038 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bccd',
    500: '#aea0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0b8;
$custom-light: #c6bccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.03757,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0B8

secondary

#D9DED6

accent

#994D6C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0B8

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

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