#AEA0BE#AEA0BE

#AEA0BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.045 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0BE
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(268, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(268, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 10.85, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 17.37, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0269 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.045 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3190, 37.8581, 53.9412)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0BE #B0BEA0

analogous

#A0A1BE #AEA0BE #BDA0BE

triadic

#AEA0BE #BEAEA0 #A0BEAE

tetradic

#AEA0BE #BEA0A1 #B0BEA0 #A0BEBD

square

#AEA0BE #BEA0A1 #B0BEA0 #A0BEBD

split-complementary

#AEA0BE #BEBDA0 #A1BEA0

monochromatic

#705C87 #8F7CA5 #AEA0BE #CDC4D7 #ECE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AEA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AEA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0BE

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0BE	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.045 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcd1',
    500: '#aea0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0be;
$custom-light: #c6bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.04544,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0BE

secondary

#DDE1D8

accent

#9D4876

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0BE

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

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