#AEA6BE#AEA6BE

#AEA6BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.035 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6BE
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(260, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 7.52, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 13.53, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.018 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.035 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3843, 39.9888, 54.2963)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6BE #B6BEA6

analogous

#A6AABE #AEA6BE #BAA6BE

triadic

#AEA6BE #BEAEA6 #A6BEAE

tetradic

#AEA6BE #BEA6AA #B6BEA6 #A6BEBA

square

#AEA6BE #BEA6AA #B6BEA6 #A6BEBA

split-complementary

#AEA6BE #BEBAA6 #AABEA6

monochromatic

#6F6387 #8E83A4 #AEA6BE #CEC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AEA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6BE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6BE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.035 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0d1',
    500: '#aea6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6be;
$custom-light: #c6c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.03521,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6BE

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#9A4C80

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6BE

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

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