#AEA3CB#AEA3CB

#AEA3CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.058 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA3CB
RGB	rgb(174, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(257, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 11.93, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 22.40, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0269 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.058 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3300, 39.5047, 61.9361)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA3CB #C0CBA3

analogous

#A3ACCB #AEA3CB #C2A3CB

triadic

#AEA3CB #CBAEA3 #A3CBAE

tetradic

#AEA3CB #CBA3AC #C0CBA3 #A3CBC2

square

#AEA3CB #CBA3AC #C0CBA3 #A3CBC2

split-complementary

#AEA3CB #CBC2A3 #ACCBA3

monochromatic

#6B589C #8C7CB5 #AEA3CB #D0CAE1 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEA3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA3CB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA3CB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.058 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bedb',
    500: '#aea3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea3cb;
$custom-light: #c6bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.5,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73827,
    "c": 0.05818,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA3CB

secondary

#E7EAE0

accent

#A63F8A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA3CB

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

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