#AEA0BD#AEA0BD

#AEA0BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.044 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0BD
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(269, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(269, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 10.64, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 16.85, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0266 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.044 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2100, 37.8145, 53.3675)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0BD #AFBDA0

analogous

#A0A0BD #AEA0BD #BCA0BD

triadic

#AEA0BD #BDAEA0 #A0BDAE

tetradic

#AEA0BD #BDA0A0 #AFBDA0 #A0BDBC

square

#AEA0BD #BDA0A0 #AFBDA0 #A0BDBC

split-complementary

#AEA0BD #BDBCA0 #A0BDA0

monochromatic

#715D86 #8F7CA4 #AEA0BD #CDC4D6 #ECE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AEA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0BD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0BD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.044 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcd0',
    500: '#aea0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0bd;
$custom-light: #c6bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.04411,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0BD

secondary

#DDE1D8

accent

#9C4974

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0BD

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

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