#AEA8BF#AEA8BF

#AEA8BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.033 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8BF
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(256, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 6.62, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 12.82, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0154 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.033 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8604, 40.7654, 54.9960)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8BF #B9BFA8

analogous

#A8ADBF #AEA8BF #B9A8BF

triadic

#AEA8BF #BFAEA8 #A8BFAE

tetradic

#AEA8BF #BFA8AD #B9BFA8 #A8BFB9

square

#AEA8BF #BFA8AD #B9BFA8 #A8BFB9

split-complementary

#AEA8BF #BFB9A8 #ADBFA8

monochromatic

#6E6488 #8D85A5 #AEA8BF #CFCBD9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AEA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8BF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8BF	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.033 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1d2',
    500: '#aea8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8bf;
$custom-light: #c6c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74395,
    "c": 0.03332,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8BF

secondary

#E3E5DE

accent

#994C85

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8BF

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

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