#AEA5CD#AEA5CD

#AEA5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.058 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5CD
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 11.25, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 22.24, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0247 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.058 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9278, 40.3165, 63.3187)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5CD #C4CDA5

analogous

#A5B0CD #AEA5CD #C2A5CD

triadic

#AEA5CD #CDAEA5 #A5CDAE

tetradic

#AEA5CD #CDA5B0 #C4CDA5 #A5CDC2

square

#AEA5CD #CDA5B0 #C4CDA5 #A5CDC2

split-complementary

#AEA5CD #CDC2A5 #B0CDA5

monochromatic

#68589F #8B7EB7 #AEA5CD #D1CCE3 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#AEA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5CD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5CD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.058 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfdc',
    500: '#aea5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5cd;
$custom-light: #c6bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.743,
    "c": 0.05775,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5CD

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#A73E90

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5CD

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

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