#AEA3BD#AEA3BD

#AEA3BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.039 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3BD
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 8.98, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 14.91, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0221 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.039 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7364, 38.8672, 53.5430)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3BD #B2BDA3

analogous

#A3A5BD #AEA3BD #BBA3BD

triadic

#AEA3BD #BDAEA3 #A3BDAE

tetradic

#AEA3BD #BDA3A5 #B2BDA3 #A3BDBB

square

#AEA3BD #BDA3A5 #B2BDA3 #A3BDBB

split-complementary

#AEA3BD #BDBBA3 #A5BDA3

monochromatic

#706086 #8F7FA3 #AEA3BD #CDC7D7 #EDEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AEA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3BD

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3BD	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.039 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bed0',
    500: '#aea3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3bd;
$custom-light: #c6bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73317,
    "c": 0.03892,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3BD

secondary

#DEE2DA

accent

#9B4B79

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3BD

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

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