#AEA6CA#AEA6CA

#AEA6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.052 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6CA
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 10.04, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 20.00, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0222 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.052 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7502, 40.5352, 61.4902)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6CA #C2CAA6

analogous

#A6B0CA #AEA6CA #C0A6CA

triadic

#AEA6CA #CAAEA6 #A6CAAE

tetradic

#AEA6CA #CAA6B0 #C2CAA6 #A6CAC0

square

#AEA6CA #CAA6B0 #C2CAA6 #A6CAC0

split-complementary

#AEA6CA #CAC0A6 #B0CAA6

monochromatic

#6A5C9A #8B80B3 #AEA6CA #D1CCE1 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEA6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AEA6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6CA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6CA	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.052 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0da',
    500: '#aea6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6ca;
$custom-light: #c6c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74386,
    "c": 0.05195,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6CA

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A4428E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6CA

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

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