#AEA4BE#AEA4BE

#AEA4BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.039 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4BE
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(263, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 8.63, -12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 14.80, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.021 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.039 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0236, 39.2673, 54.1760)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4BE #B4BEA4

analogous

#A4A7BE #AEA4BE #BBA4BE

triadic

#AEA4BE #BEAEA4 #A4BEAE

tetradic

#AEA4BE #BEA4A7 #B4BEA4 #A4BEBB

square

#AEA4BE #BEA4A7 #B4BEA4 #A4BEBB

split-complementary

#AEA4BE #BEBBA4 #A7BEA4

monochromatic

#6F6187 #8E80A5 #AEA4BE #CEC8D8 #EEEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AEA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AEA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4BE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4BE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.039 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd1',
    500: '#aea4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4be;
$custom-light: #c6bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4BE

secondary

#E0E3DB

accent

#9B4B7C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4BE

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

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