#AEA4C8#AEA4C8

#AEA4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.052 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4C8
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 25%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 10.72, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 20.16, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0245 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.052 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1542, 39.7196, 60.1309)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4C8 #BEC8A4

analogous

#A4ACC8 #AEA4C8 #C0A4C8

triadic

#AEA4C8 #C8AEA4 #A4C8AE

tetradic

#AEA4C8 #C8A4AC #BEC8A4 #A4C8C0

square

#AEA4C8 #C8A4AC #BEC8A4 #A4C8C0

split-complementary

#AEA4C8 #C8C0A4 #ACC8A4

monochromatic

#6C5B97 #8C7EB1 #AEA4C8 #D0CADF #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AEA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4C8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4C8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.052 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd8',
    500: '#aea4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4c8;
$custom-light: #c6bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 24.658,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.05238,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4C8

secondary

#E6E9DF

accent

#A34288

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4C8

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

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