#AEA4C6#AEA4C6

#AEA4C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.050 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4C6
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 198)
HSL	hsl(258, 23%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 10.30, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 19.08, 302.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0238 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.05 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9220, 39.6267, 58.9080)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4C6 #BCC6A4

analogous

#A4ABC6 #AEA4C6 #BFA4C6

triadic

#AEA4C6 #C6AEA4 #A4C6AE

tetradic

#AEA4C6 #C6A4AB #BCC6A4 #A4C6BF

square

#AEA4C6 #C6A4AB #BCC6A4 #A4C6BF

split-complementary

#AEA4C6 #C6BFA4 #ABC6A4

monochromatic

#6C5C93 #8D7EAE #AEA4C6 #CFCADE #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AEA4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4C6

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4C6	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.050 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd7',
    500: '#aea4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4c6;
$custom-light: #c6bfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 22.973,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7384,
    "c": 0.04959,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4C6

secondary

#E5E7DE

accent

#A14486

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4C6

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

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