#AEA6C2#AEA6C2

#AEA6C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.041 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6C2
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 194)
HSL	hsl(257, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 8.35, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 15.68, 302.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0194 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.041 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8275, 40.1661, 56.6304)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6C2 #BAC2A6

analogous

#A6ACC2 #AEA6C2 #BCA6C2

triadic

#AEA6C2 #C2AEA6 #A6C2AE

tetradic

#AEA6C2 #C2A6AC #BAC2A6 #A6C2BC

square

#AEA6C2 #C2A6AC #BAC2A6 #A6C2BC

split-complementary

#AEA6C2 #C2BCA6 #ACC2A6

monochromatic

#6D618D #8D82A9 #AEA6C2 #CFCADB #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AEA6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6C2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6C2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.041 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0d4',
    500: '#aea6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6c2;
$custom-light: #c6c0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 18.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74096,
    "c": 0.04075,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6C2

secondary

#E4E6DE

accent

#9D4985

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6C2

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

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