#AEA0BC#AEA0BC

#AEA0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.043 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0BC
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(270, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 10.44, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 16.33, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0262 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.043 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1019, 37.7713, 52.7978)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0BC #AEBCA0

analogous

#A0A0BC #AEA0BC #BCA0BC

triadic

#AEA0BC #BCAEA0 #A0BCAE

tetradic

#AEA0BC #BCA0A0 #AEBCA0 #A0BCBC

square

#AEA0BC #BCA0A0 #AEBCA0 #A0BCBC

split-complementary

#AEA0BC #BCBCA0 #A0BCA0

monochromatic

#715D84 #8F7CA3 #AEA0BC #CDC4D5 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AEA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0BC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0BC	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.043 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcd0',
    500: '#aea0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0bc;
$custom-light: #c6bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.04278,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0BC

secondary

#DCE0D8

accent

#9C4A73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0BC

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

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