#AEA6BF#AEA6BF

#AEA6BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.037 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6BF
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 7.73, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 14.07, 303.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0184 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.037 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4940, 40.0327, 54.8739)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6BF #B7BFA6

analogous

#A6AABF #AEA6BF #BBA6BF

triadic

#AEA6BF #BFAEA6 #A6BFAE

tetradic

#AEA6BF #BFA6AA #B7BFA6 #A6BFBB

square

#AEA6BF #BFA6AA #B7BFA6 #A6BFBB

split-complementary

#AEA6BF #BFBBA6 #AABFA6

monochromatic

#6E6288 #8E82A5 #AEA6BF #CECAD9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AEA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AEA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6BF

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6BF	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.037 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0d2',
    500: '#aea6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6bf;
$custom-light: #c6c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73991,
    "c": 0.03659,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6BF

secondary

#E2E4DD

accent

#9B4B81

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6BF

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

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