#AEA6CB#AEA6CB

#AEA6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.053 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA6CB
RGB	rgb(174, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 10.26, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 20.54, 299.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0225 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.053 295)
XYZ	xyz(41.8690, 40.5827, 62.1158)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA6CB #C3CBA6

analogous

#A6B1CB #AEA6CB #C1A6CB

triadic

#AEA6CB #CBAEA6 #A6CBAE

tetradic

#AEA6CB #CBA6B1 #C3CBA6 #A6CBC1

square

#AEA6CB #CBA6B1 #C3CBA6 #A6CBC1

split-complementary

#AEA6CB #CBC1A6 #B1CBA6

monochromatic

#695B9C #8B7FB4 #AEA6CB #D1CDE2 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEA6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AEA6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA6CB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA6CB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.053 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c0da',
    500: '#aea6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea6cb;
$custom-light: #c6c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.973,
    "s": 26.241,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74423,
    "c": 0.05335,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA6CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A5418F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA6CB

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

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