#AEA6BD#AEA6BD

#AEA6BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.034 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6BD
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 7.32, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 13.00, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0176 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.034 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2754, 39.9452, 53.7226)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6BD #B5BDA6

analogous

#A6AABD #AEA6BD #BAA6BD

triadic

#AEA6BD #BDAEA6 #A6BDAE

tetradic

#AEA6BD #BDA6AA #B5BDA6 #A6BDBA

square

#AEA6BD #BDA6AA #B5BDA6 #A6BDBA

split-complementary

#AEA6BD #BDBAA6 #AABDA6

monochromatic

#6F6386 #8E83A3 #AEA6BD #CEC9D7 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AEA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AEA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6BD

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6BD	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.034 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0d0',
    500: '#aea6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6bd;
$custom-light: #c6c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.03384,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6BD

secondary

#E0E3DC

accent

#994C7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6BD

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

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