#AEA5BC#AEA5BC

#AEA5BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.034 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5BC
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(263, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 7.67, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 13.10, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0188 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.034 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9861, 39.5398, 53.0926)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5BC #B3BCA5

analogous

#A5A8BC #AEA5BC #BAA5BC

triadic

#AEA5BC #BCAEA5 #A5BCAE

tetradic

#AEA5BC #BCA5A8 #B3BCA5 #A5BCBA

square

#AEA5BC #BCA5A8 #B3BCA5 #A5BCBA

split-complementary

#AEA5BC #BCBAA5 #A8BCA5

monochromatic

#706284 #8E82A2 #AEA5BC #CEC8D6 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5BC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5BC	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)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.034 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd0',
    500: '#aea5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5bc;
$custom-light: #c6bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.03416,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5BC

secondary

#DFE2DB

accent

#994D7B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5BC

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

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