#AEA8CB#AEA8CB

#AEA8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.050 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8CB
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(250, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 9.15, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 19.33, 298.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0196 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.05 293)
XYZ	xyz(42.2354, 41.3155, 62.2379)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8CB #C5CBA8

analogous

#A8B3CB #AEA8CB #BFA8CB

triadic

#AEA8CB #CBAEA8 #A8CBAE

tetradic

#AEA8CB #CBA8B3 #C5CBA8 #A8CBBF

square

#AEA8CB #CBA8B3 #C5CBA8 #A8CBBF

split-complementary

#AEA8CB #CBBFA8 #B3CBA8

monochromatic

#685D9C #8A82B4 #AEA8CB #D2CEE2 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AEA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8CB

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8CB	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.050 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1da',
    500: '#aea8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8cb;
$custom-light: #c6c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.0502,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.41316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A44293

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8CB

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

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