#AEA5CA#AEA5CA

#AEA5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.054 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5CA
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 10.60, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 20.62, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0237 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.054 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5692, 40.1730, 61.4298)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5CA #C1CAA5

analogous

#A5AFCA #AEA5CA #C1A5CA

triadic

#AEA5CA #CAAEA5 #A5CAAE

tetradic

#AEA5CA #CAA5AF #C1CAA5 #A5CAC1

square

#AEA5CA #CAA5AF #C1CAA5 #A5CAC1

split-complementary

#AEA5CA #CAC1A5 #AFCAA5

monochromatic

#6A5B9A #8B7EB3 #AEA5CA #D1CCE1 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5CA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5CA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.054 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfda',
    500: '#aea5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5ca;
$custom-light: #c6bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 25.874,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74187,
    "c": 0.05355,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5CA

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A4418C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5CA

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

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