#AEA2C8#AEA2C8

#AEA2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.056 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA2C8
RGB	rgb(174, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 11.84, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 21.41, 303.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0274 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.056 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7991, 39.0094, 60.0125)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA2C8 #BCC8A2

analogous

#A2A9C8 #AEA2C8 #C1A2C8

triadic

#AEA2C8 #C8AEA2 #A2C8AE

tetradic

#AEA2C8 #C8A2A9 #BCC8A2 #A2C8C1

square

#AEA2C8 #C8A2A9 #BCC8A2 #A2C8C1

split-complementary

#AEA2C8 #C8C1A2 #A9C8A2

monochromatic

#6C5997 #8D7CB1 #AEA2C8 #CFC8DF #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA2C8

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA2C8	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.056 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bdd8',
    500: '#aea2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea2c8;
$custom-light: #c6bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.05566,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA2C8

secondary

#E5E8DE

accent

#A44185

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA2C8

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

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