#AEA0BA#AEA0BA

#AEA0BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.040 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0BA
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(272, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 10.03, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 15.29, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0255 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.04 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8878, 37.6856, 51.6702)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0BA #ACBAA0

analogous

#A1A0BA #AEA0BA #BAA0B9

triadic

#AEA0BA #BAAEA0 #A0BAAE

tetradic

#AEA0BA #BAA1A0 #ACBAA0 #A0B9BA

square

#AEA0BA #BAA1A0 #ACBAA0 #A0B9BA

split-complementary

#AEA0BA #B9BAA0 #A0BAA1

monochromatic

#715E82 #907DA0 #AEA0BA #CCC3D4 #EAE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AEA0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AEA0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0BA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0BA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.040 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcce',
    500: '#aea0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0ba;
$custom-light: #c6bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72612,
    "c": 0.04016,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0BA

secondary

#DBDFD7

accent

#9A4B70

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0BA

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

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