#AEA0CC#AEA0CC

#AEA0CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.064 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0CC
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(259, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 13.82, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 24.82, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0316 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.064 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9232, 38.4998, 62.3903)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0CC #BECCA0

analogous

#A0A8CC #AEA0CC #C4A0CC

triadic

#AEA0CC #CCAEA0 #A0CCAE

tetradic

#AEA0CC #CCA0A8 #BECCA0 #A0CCC4

square

#AEA0CC #CCA0A8 #BECCA0 #A0CCC4

split-complementary

#AEA0CC #CCC4A0 #A8CCA0

monochromatic

#6C549D #8C78B7 #AEA0CC #D0C8E1 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AEA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0CC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0CC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.064 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcdb',
    500: '#aea0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0cc;
$custom-light: #c6bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 30.137,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73275,
    "c": 0.06449,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0CC

secondary

#E6EADE

accent

#A93D86

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0CC

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

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