#AEA4B6#AEA4B6

#AEA4B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.028 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4B6
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 182)
HSL	hsl(273, 11%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 7.01, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 10.61, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.018 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.028 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1731, 38.9271, 49.6969)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4B6 #ACB6A4

analogous

#A5A4B6 #AEA4B6 #B6A4B5

triadic

#AEA4B6 #B6AEA4 #A4B6AE

tetradic

#AEA4B6 #B6A5A4 #ACB6A4 #A4B5B6

square

#AEA4B6 #B6A5A4 #ACB6A4 #A4B5B6

split-complementary

#AEA4B6 #B5B6A4 #A4B6A5

monochromatic

#71647C #90829B #AEA4B6 #CCC6D1 #EAE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AEA4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4B6

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4B6	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.028 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfcb',
    500: '#aea4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4b6;
$custom-light: #c6bfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 10.976,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7328,
    "c": 0.02789,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4B6

secondary

#DBDED8

accent

#95506F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4B6

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

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