#AEA1BC#AEA1BC

#AEA1BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.041 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA1BC
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(269, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(269, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 9.88, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 15.68, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0247 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.041 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2759, 38.1194, 52.8559)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA1BC #AFBCA1

analogous

#A1A1BC #AEA1BC #BBA1BC

triadic

#AEA1BC #BCAEA1 #A1BCAE

tetradic

#AEA1BC #BCA1A1 #AFBCA1 #A1BCBB

square

#AEA1BC #BCA1A1 #AFBCA1 #A1BCBB

split-complementary

#AEA1BC #BCBBA1 #A1BCA1

monochromatic

#715E84 #8F7DA3 #AEA1BC #CDC5D5 #ECE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AEA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AEA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA1BC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA1BC	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)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.041 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcd0',
    500: '#aea1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea1bc;
$custom-light: #c6bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.04104,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA1BC

secondary

#DDE0D8

accent

#9B4A74

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA1BC

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

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