#AEA8BE#AEA8BE

#AEA8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.032 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8BE
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(256, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 6.42, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 12.29, 301.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.015 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.032 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7507, 40.7216, 54.4184)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8BE #B8BEA8

analogous

#A8ADBE #AEA8BE #B9A8BE

triadic

#AEA8BE #BEAEA8 #A8BEAE

tetradic

#AEA8BE #BEA8AD #B8BEA8 #A8BEB9

square

#AEA8BE #BEA8AD #B8BEA8 #A8BEB9

split-complementary

#AEA8BE #BEB9A8 #ADBEA8

monochromatic

#6E6587 #8D85A4 #AEA8BE #CFCBD8 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#AEA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8BE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8BE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.032 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1d1',
    500: '#aea8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8be;
$custom-light: #c6c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.03193,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8BE

secondary

#E2E4DE

accent

#994D84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8BE

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

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