#AEA6B4#AEA6B4

#AEA6B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.022 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6B4
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(274, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 5.52, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 8.27, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0143 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.022 311)
XYZ	xyz(39.3286, 39.5665, 48.7364)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6B4 #ACB4A6

analogous

#A7A6B4 #AEA6B4 #B4A6B3

triadic

#AEA6B4 #B4AEA6 #A6B4AE

tetradic

#AEA6B4 #B4A7A6 #ACB4A6 #A6B3B4

square

#AEA6B4 #B4A7A6 #ACB4A6 #A6B3B4

split-complementary

#AEA6B4 #B3B4A6 #A6B4A7

monochromatic

#716679 #908598 #AEA6B4 #CCC7D0 #EAE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AEA6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AEA6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6B4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6B4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.022 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0ca',
    500: '#aea6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6b4;
$custom-light: #c6c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.02177,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6B4

secondary

#DBDDD9

accent

#93536E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6B4

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

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