#AEA3BE#AEA3BE

#AEA3BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.040 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3BE
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 9.18, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 15.44, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0225 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.04 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8453, 38.9108, 54.1166)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3BE #B3BEA3

analogous

#A3A6BE #AEA3BE #BCA3BE

triadic

#AEA3BE #BEAEA3 #A3BEAE

tetradic

#AEA3BE #BEA3A6 #B3BEA3 #A3BEBC

square

#AEA3BE #BEA3A6 #B3BEA3 #A3BEBC

split-complementary

#AEA3BE #BEBCA3 #A6BEA3

monochromatic

#705F87 #8E7FA5 #AEA3BE #CEC7D7 #EDEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AEA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3BE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3BE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.040 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bed1',
    500: '#aea3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3be;
$custom-light: #c6bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.04028,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3BE

secondary

#DFE2DA

accent

#9B4A7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3BE

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

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