#AEA4B8#AEA4B8

#AEA4B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.031 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4B8
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 7.41, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 11.64, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0188 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.031 308)
XYZ	xyz(39.3813, 39.0104, 50.7932)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4B8 #AEB8A4

analogous

#A4A4B8 #AEA4B8 #B8A4B8

triadic

#AEA4B8 #B8AEA4 #A4B8AE

tetradic

#AEA4B8 #B8A4A4 #AEB8A4 #A4B8B8

square

#AEA4B8 #B8A4A4 #AEB8A4 #A4B8B8

split-complementary

#AEA4B8 #B8B8A4 #A4B8A4

monochromatic

#71637F #8F829D #AEA4B8 #CDC6D3 #EBE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AEA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AEA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4B8

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4B8	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.031 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfcd',
    500: '#aea4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4b8;
$custom-light: #c6bfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.03051,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.3901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4B8

secondary

#DCDFD9

accent

#964F73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4B8

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

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