#AEA1BE#AEA1BE

#AEA1BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.044 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA1BE
RGB	rgb(174, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(267, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(267, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 10.29, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 16.73, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0254 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.044 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4930, 38.2062, 53.9992)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA1BE #B1BEA1

analogous

#A1A3BE #AEA1BE #BDA1BE

triadic

#AEA1BE #BEAEA1 #A1BEAE

tetradic

#AEA1BE #BEA1A3 #B1BEA1 #A1BEBD

square

#AEA1BE #BEA1A3 #B1BEA1 #A1BEBD

split-complementary

#AEA1BE #BEBDA1 #A3BEA1

monochromatic

#705D87 #8F7DA5 #AEA1BE #CDC5D7 #ECE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AEA1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AEA1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA1BE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA1BE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.044 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcd1',
    500: '#aea1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea1be;
$custom-light: #c6bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.04371,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA1BE

secondary

#DEE2D9

accent

#9D4977

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA1BE

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

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