#AEA8BB#AEA8BB

#AEA8BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.028 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8BB
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(259, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 5.81, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 10.67, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0139 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.028 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4262, 40.5918, 52.7093)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8BB #B5BBA8

analogous

#A8ACBB #AEA8BB #B8A8BB

triadic

#AEA8BB #BBAEA8 #A8BBAE

tetradic

#AEA8BB #BBA8AC #B5BBA8 #A8BBB8

square

#AEA8BB #BBA8AC #B5BBA8 #A8BBB8

split-complementary

#AEA8BB #BBB8A8 #ACBBA8

monochromatic

#6F6683 #8E86A0 #AEA8BB #CECAD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AEA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8BB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8BB	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)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.028 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1cf',
    500: '#aea8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8bb;
$custom-light: #c6c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.02776,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8BB

secondary

#E0E2DD

accent

#964F80

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8BB

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

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