#AEA8B8#AEA8B8

#AEA8B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.024 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8B8
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(263, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 5.21, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 9.07, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0128 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.024 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1084, 40.4646, 51.0356)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8B8 #B2B8A8

analogous

#A8AAB8 #AEA8B8 #B6A8B8

triadic

#AEA8B8 #B8AEA8 #A8B8AE

tetradic

#AEA8B8 #B8A8AA #B2B8A8 #A8B8B6

square

#AEA8B8 #B8A8AA #B2B8A8 #A8B8B6

split-complementary

#AEA8B8 #B8B6A8 #AAB8A8

monochromatic

#70677E #8F869D #AEA8B8 #CDCAD4 #EDEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AEA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8B8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8B8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.024 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1cd',
    500: '#aea8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8b8;
$custom-light: #c6c1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.02364,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8B8

secondary

#DEE0DC

accent

#94517B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8B8

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

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