#AEA8C2#AEA8C2

#AEA8C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.038 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8C2
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 194)
HSL	hsl(254, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 7.24, -12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 14.45, 300.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0165 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.038 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1939, 40.8988, 56.7525)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8C2 #BCC2A8

analogous

#A8AFC2 #AEA8C2 #BBA8C2

triadic

#AEA8C2 #C2AEA8 #A8C2AE

tetradic

#AEA8C2 #C2A8AF #BCC2A8 #A8C2BB

square

#AEA8C2 #C2A8AF #BCC2A8 #A8C2BB

split-complementary

#AEA8C2 #C2BBA8 #AFC2A8

monochromatic

#6C638D #8D84A9 #AEA8C2 #CFCCDB #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#AEA8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#AEA8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8C2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8C2	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.038 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1d4',
    500: '#aea8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8c2;
$custom-light: #c6c1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74499,
    "c": 0.03752,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8C2

secondary

#E5E6DF

accent

#9C4A89

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8C2

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

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