#AEA4BD#AEA4BD

#AEA4BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.037 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4BD
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(264, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 8.42, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 14.27, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0206 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.037 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9146, 39.2238, 53.6024)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4BD #B3BDA4

analogous

#A4A7BD #AEA4BD #BBA4BD

triadic

#AEA4BD #BDAEA4 #A4BDAE

tetradic

#AEA4BD #BDA4A7 #B3BDA4 #A4BDBB

square

#AEA4BD #BDA4A7 #B3BDA4 #A4BDBB

split-complementary

#AEA4BD #BDBBA4 #A7BDA4

monochromatic

#706186 #8E81A3 #AEA4BD #CEC7D7 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AEA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4BD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4BD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.037 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd0',
    500: '#aea4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4bd;
$custom-light: #c6bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4BD

secondary

#DFE2DB

accent

#9A4B7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4BD

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

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