#AEA6BC#AEA6BC

#AEA6BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.032 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6BC
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(262, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 7.11, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 12.47, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0173 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.032 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1672, 39.9020, 53.1529)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6BC #B4BCA6

analogous

#A6A9BC #AEA6BC #B9A6BC

triadic

#AEA6BC #BCAEA6 #A6BCAE

tetradic

#AEA6BC #BCA6A9 #B4BCA6 #A6BCB9

square

#AEA6BC #BCA6A9 #B4BCA6 #A6BCB9

split-complementary

#AEA6BC #BCB9A6 #A9BCA6

monochromatic

#6F6384 #8E83A2 #AEA6BC #CEC9D6 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AEA6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6BC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6BC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.032 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0d0',
    500: '#aea6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6bc;
$custom-light: #c6c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.03247,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6BC

secondary

#E0E2DC

accent

#984D7D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6BC

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

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