#AEA5BF#AEA5BF

#AEA5BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.038 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5BF
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(261, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 8.28, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 14.70, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0198 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.038 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3129, 39.6705, 54.8135)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5BF #B6BFA5

analogous

#A5A9BF #AEA5BF #BBA5BF

triadic

#AEA5BF #BFAEA5 #A5BFAE

tetradic

#AEA5BF #BFA5A9 #B6BFA5 #A5BFBB

square

#AEA5BF #BFA5A9 #B6BFA5 #A5BFBB

split-complementary

#AEA5BF #BFBBA5 #A9BFA5

monochromatic

#6F6189 #8E81A6 #AEA5BF #CEC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AEA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AEA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5BF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5BF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.038 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfd2',
    500: '#aea5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5bf;
$custom-light: #c6bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73789,
    "c": 0.03827,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5BF

secondary

#E1E4DC

accent

#9B4A7F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5BF

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

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