#AEA8CA#AEA8CA

#AEA8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.049 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8CA
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(251, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 8.93, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 18.78, 298.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0193 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.049 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1166, 41.2679, 61.6123)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8CA #C4CAA8

analogous

#A8B3CA #AEA8CA #BFA8CA

triadic

#AEA8CA #CAAEA8 #A8CAAE

tetradic

#AEA8CA #CAA8B3 #C4CAA8 #A8CABF

square

#AEA8CA #CAA8B3 #C4CAA8 #A8CABF

split-complementary

#AEA8CA #CABFA8 #B3CAA8

monochromatic

#685E9A #8B82B3 #AEA8CA #D1CEE1 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AEA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8CA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8CA	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.049 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1da',
    500: '#aea8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8ca;
$custom-light: #c6c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74786,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8CA

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A34392

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8CA

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

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