#AEA4C4#AEA4C4

#AEA4C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.047 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4C4
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 196)
HSL	hsl(259, 21%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(259, 16%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 9.88, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 18.01, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0231 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.047 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6929, 39.5350, 57.7011)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4C4 #BAC4A4

analogous

#A4AAC4 #AEA4C4 #BEA4C4

triadic

#AEA4C4 #C4AEA4 #A4C4AE

tetradic

#AEA4C4 #C4A4AA #BAC4A4 #A4C4BE

square

#AEA4C4 #C4A4AA #BAC4A4 #A4C4BE

split-complementary

#AEA4C4 #C4BEA4 #AAC4A4

monochromatic

#6D5D90 #8D7FAC #AEA4C4 #CFC9DC #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEA4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4C4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4C4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.047 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd5',
    500: '#aea4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4c4;
$custom-light: #c6bfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 21.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.04682,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4C4

secondary

#E4E6DE

accent

#A04684

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4C4

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

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