#AEA5CB#AEA5CB

#AEA5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.055 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5CB
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(254, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 10.81, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 21.16, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.024 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.055 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6879, 40.2205, 62.0554)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5CB #C2CBA5

analogous

#A5AFCB #AEA5CB #C1A5CB

triadic

#AEA5CB #CBAEA5 #A5CBAE

tetradic

#AEA5CB #CBA5AF #C2CBA5 #A5CBC1

square

#AEA5CB #CBA5AF #C2CBA5 #A5CBC1

split-complementary

#AEA5CB #CBC1A5 #AFCBA5

monochromatic

#6A5A9C #8B7EB5 #AEA5CB #D1CCE1 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AEA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5CB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5CB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.055 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfdb',
    500: '#aea5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5cb;
$custom-light: #c6bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.211,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74224,
    "c": 0.05494,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A5408D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5CB

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

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