#AEA5BB#AEA5BB

#AEA5BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.033 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5BB
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(265, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 7.46, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 12.57, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0184 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.033 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8787, 39.4968, 52.5268)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5BB #B2BBA5

analogous

#A5A7BB #AEA5BB #B9A5BB

triadic

#AEA5BB #BBAEA5 #A5BBAE

tetradic

#AEA5BB #BBA5A7 #B2BBA5 #A5BBB9

square

#AEA5BB #BBA5A7 #B2BBA5 #A5BBB9

split-complementary

#AEA5BB #BBB9A5 #A7BBA5

monochromatic

#706383 #8F82A1 #AEA5BB #CDC8D5 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AEA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5BB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5BB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.033 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfcf',
    500: '#aea5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5bb;
$custom-light: #c6bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.0328,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5BB

secondary

#DEE1DB

accent

#984D7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5BB

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

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