#AEA6BB#AEA6BB

#AEA6BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.031 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6BB
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(263, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 6.91, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 11.93, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0169 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.031 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0598, 39.8590, 52.5872)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6BB #B3BBA6

analogous

#A6A9BB #AEA6BB #B9A6BB

triadic

#AEA6BB #BBAEA6 #A6BBAE

tetradic

#AEA6BB #BBA6A9 #B3BBA6 #A6BBB9

square

#AEA6BB #BBA6A9 #B3BBA6 #A6BBB9

split-complementary

#AEA6BB #BBB9A6 #A9BBA6

monochromatic

#706483 #8E83A0 #AEA6BB #CEC9D6 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AEA6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6BB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6BB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.031 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0cf',
    500: '#aea6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6bb;
$custom-light: #c6c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.0311,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6BB

secondary

#DFE1DB

accent

#984E7C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6BB

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

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