#AEA3BC#AEA3BC

#AEA3BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.038 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3BC
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(266, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 8.77, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 14.38, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0217 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.038 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6282, 38.8240, 52.9733)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3BC #B1BCA3

analogous

#A3A5BC #AEA3BC #BBA3BC

triadic

#AEA3BC #BCAEA3 #A3BCAE

tetradic

#AEA3BC #BCA3A5 #B1BCA3 #A3BCBB

square

#AEA3BC #BCA3A5 #B1BCA3 #A3BCBB

split-complementary

#AEA3BC #BCBBA3 #A5BCA3

monochromatic

#706084 #8F80A2 #AEA3BC #CDC6D6 #ECEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AEA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AEA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3BC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3BC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.038 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bed0',
    500: '#aea3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3bc;
$custom-light: #c6bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3BC

secondary

#DEE1DA

accent

#9A4C77

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3BC

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

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