#AEA5BD#AEA5BD

#AEA5BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.036 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5BD
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 7.87, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 13.63, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0191 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.036 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0943, 39.5831, 53.6623)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5BD #B4BDA5

analogous

#A5A8BD #AEA5BD #BAA5BD

triadic

#AEA5BD #BDAEA5 #A5BDAE

tetradic

#AEA5BD #BDA5A8 #B4BDA5 #A5BDBA

square

#AEA5BD #BDA5A8 #B4BDA5 #A5BDBA

split-complementary

#AEA5BD #BDBAA5 #A8BDA5

monochromatic

#6F6286 #8E82A3 #AEA5BD #CEC8D7 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AEA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5BD

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5BD	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.036 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd0',
    500: '#aea5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5bd;
$custom-light: #c6bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.03552,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5BD

secondary

#E0E2DB

accent

#9A4C7C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5BD

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

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