#AEA5CC#AEA5CC

#AEA5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.056 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5CC
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(254, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 11.03, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 21.70, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0243 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.056 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8075, 40.2683, 62.6850)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5CC #C3CCA5

analogous

#A5B0CC #AEA5CC #C2A5CC

triadic

#AEA5CC #CCAEA5 #A5CCAE

tetradic

#AEA5CC #CCA5B0 #C3CCA5 #A5CCC2

square

#AEA5CC #CCA5B0 #C3CCA5 #A5CCC2

split-complementary

#AEA5CC #CCC2A5 #B0CCA5

monochromatic

#69599D #8B7EB6 #AEA5CC #D1CCE2 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AEA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5CC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5CC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.056 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfdb',
    500: '#aea5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5cc;
$custom-light: #c6bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74262,
    "c": 0.05635,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5CC

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A63F8E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5CC

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

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