#AEA1BB#AEA1BB

#AEA1BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.040 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA1BB
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 9.68, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 15.15, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0244 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.04 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1685, 38.0764, 52.2901)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA1BB #AEBBA1

analogous

#A1A1BB #AEA1BB #BBA1BB

triadic

#AEA1BB #BBAEA1 #A1BBAE

tetradic

#AEA1BB #BBA1A1 #AEBBA1 #A1BBBB

square

#AEA1BB #BBA1A1 #AEBBA1 #A1BBBB

split-complementary

#AEA1BB #BBBBA1 #A1BBA1

monochromatic

#715F83 #8F7DA1 #AEA1BB #CDC5D5 #EBE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEA1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA1BB

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA1BB	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.040 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bccf',
    500: '#aea1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea1bb;
$custom-light: #c6bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.03972,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA1BB

secondary

#DCE0D8

accent

#9A4B73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA1BB

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

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