#AEA0CD#AEA0CD

#AEA0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.066 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA0CD
RGB	rgb(174, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 14.03, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 25.36, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.032 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.066 299)
XYZ	xyz(41.0435, 38.5479, 63.0240)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA0CD #BFCDA0

analogous

#A0A9CD #AEA0CD #C5A0CD

triadic

#AEA0CD #CDAEA0 #A0CDAE

tetradic

#AEA0CD #CDA0A9 #BFCDA0 #A0CDC5

square

#AEA0CD #CDA0A9 #BFCDA0 #A0CDC5

split-complementary

#AEA0CD #CDC5A0 #A9CDA0

monochromatic

#6B549F #8C78B8 #AEA0CD #D0C8E2 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AEA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AEA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA0CD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA0CD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.066 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcdc',
    500: '#aea0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea0cd;
$custom-light: #c6bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73314,
    "c": 0.06587,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.38548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA0CD

secondary

#E7EADF

accent

#AA3C88

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA0CD

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

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