#AEA5CE#AEA5CE

#AEA5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.059 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA5CE
RGB	rgb(174, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(253, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 11.47, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 22.78, 300.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.025 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.059 295)
XYZ	xyz(42.0489, 40.3649, 63.9565)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA5CE #C5CEA5

analogous

#A5B0CE #AEA5CE #C2A5CE

triadic

#AEA5CE #CEAEA5 #A5CEAE

tetradic

#AEA5CE #CEA5B0 #C5CEA5 #A5CEC2

square

#AEA5CE #CEA5B0 #C5CEA5 #A5CEC2

split-complementary

#AEA5CE #CEC2A5 #B0CEA5

monochromatic

#6858A1 #8A7DB8 #AEA5CE #D2CDE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA5CE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA5CE	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.059 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bfdd',
    500: '#aea5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea5ce;
$custom-light: #c6bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74338,
    "c": 0.05915,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.40365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA5CE

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#A83D91

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA5CE

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

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