#AEA6BA#AEA6BA

#AEA6BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.030 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6BA
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 186)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 6.71, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 11.40, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0165 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.03 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9531, 39.8163, 52.0254)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6BA #B2BAA6

analogous

#A6A8BA #AEA6BA #B8A6BA

triadic

#AEA6BA #BAAEA6 #A6BAAE

tetradic

#AEA6BA #BAA6A8 #B2BAA6 #A6BAB8

square

#AEA6BA #BAA6A8 #B2BAA6 #A6BAB8

split-complementary

#AEA6BA #BAB8A6 #A8BAA6

monochromatic

#706481 #8F849F #AEA6BA #CDC8D5 #EDEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AEA6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6BA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6BA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.030 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0ce',
    500: '#aea6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6ba;
$custom-light: #c6c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 12.658,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.02975,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6BA

secondary

#DEE1DB

accent

#974F7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6BA

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

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