#AEA2B8#AEA2B8

#AEA2B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2B8
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 8.52, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 12.95, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0218 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0261, 38.3002, 50.6748)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2B8 #ACB8A2

analogous

#A3A2B8 #AEA2B8 #B8A2B7

triadic

#AEA2B8 #B8AEA2 #A2B8AE

tetradic

#AEA2B8 #B8A3A2 #ACB8A2 #A2B7B8

square

#AEA2B8 #B8A3A2 #ACB8A2 #A2B7B8

split-complementary

#AEA2B8 #B7B8A2 #A2B8A3

monochromatic

#71617F #907F9E #AEA2B8 #CCC5D2 #EAE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AEA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AEA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2B8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2B8	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdcd',
    500: '#aea2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2b8;
$custom-light: #c6bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72944,
    "c": 0.03402,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2B8

secondary

#DBDED8

accent

#984E6F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2B8

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

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