#AEA4CB#AEA4CB

#AEA4CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.057 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA4CB
RGB	rgb(174, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(255, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 11.37, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 21.78, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0255 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.057 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5083, 39.8612, 61.9955)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA4CB #C1CBA4

analogous

#A4AECB #AEA4CB #C2A4CB

triadic

#AEA4CB #CBAEA4 #A4CBAE

tetradic

#AEA4CB #CBA4AE #C1CBA4 #A4CBC2

square

#AEA4CB #CBA4AE #C1CBA4 #A4CBC2

split-complementary

#AEA4CB #CBC2A4 #AECBA4

monochromatic

#6A599C #8B7DB5 #AEA4CB #D1CBE1 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA4CB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA4CB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.057 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfdb',
    500: '#aea4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea4cb;
$custom-light: #c6bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74026,
    "c": 0.05656,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA4CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A6408C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA4CB

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

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