#AEA8BA#AEA8BA

#AEA8BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.026 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8BA
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(260, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 5.61, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 10.14, 303.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0136 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.026 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3195, 40.5491, 52.1475)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8BA #B4BAA8

analogous

#A8ABBA #AEA8BA #B7A8BA

triadic

#AEA8BA #BAAEA8 #A8BAAE

tetradic

#AEA8BA #BAA8AB #B4BAA8 #A8BAB7

square

#AEA8BA #BAA8AB #B4BAA8 #A8BAB7

split-complementary

#AEA8BA #BAB7A8 #ABBAA8

monochromatic

#6F6681 #8E869F #AEA8BA #CECAD5 #EEECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AEA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AEA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8BA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8BA	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)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.026 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1ce',
    500: '#aea8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8ba;
$custom-light: #c6c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.02638,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8BA

secondary

#E0E1DC

accent

#96507E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8BA

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

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