#AEA7BE#AEA7BE

#AEA7BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.034 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA7BE
RGB	rgb(174, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 6.97, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 12.91, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0165 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.034 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5668, 40.3538, 54.3571)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA7BE #B7BEA7

analogous

#A7ABBE #AEA7BE #BAA7BE

triadic

#AEA7BE #BEAEA7 #A7BEAE

tetradic

#AEA7BE #BEA7AB #B7BEA7 #A7BEBA

square

#AEA7BE #BEA7AB #B7BEA7 #A7BEBA

split-complementary

#AEA7BE #BEBAA7 #ABBEA7

monochromatic

#6E6487 #8E84A4 #AEA7BE #CECAD8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AEA7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AEA7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA7BE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA7BE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.034 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1d1',
    500: '#aea7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea7be;
$custom-light: #c6c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 15.033,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74158,
    "c": 0.03356,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA7BE

secondary

#E2E4DD

accent

#994C82

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA7BE

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

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