#AEA4BC#AEA4BC

#AEA4BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.036 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4BC
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(265, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 8.22, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 13.74, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0203 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.036 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8065, 39.1805, 53.0327)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4BC #B2BCA4

analogous

#A4A6BC #AEA4BC #BAA4BC

triadic

#AEA4BC #BCAEA4 #A4BCAE

tetradic

#AEA4BC #BCA4A6 #B2BCA4 #A4BCBA

square

#AEA4BC #BCA4A6 #B2BCA4 #A4BCBA

split-complementary

#AEA4BC #BCBAA4 #A6BCA4

monochromatic

#706184 #8F81A2 #AEA4BC #CDC7D6 #EDEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AEA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AEA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4BC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4BC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.036 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd0',
    500: '#aea4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4bc;
$custom-light: #c6bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73484,
    "c": 0.03586,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4BC

secondary

#DEE1DA

accent

#994C79

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4BC

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

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