#AEA8CE#AEA8CE

#AEA8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.054 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8CE
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(249, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 9.80, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 20.96, 297.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0206 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.054 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5964, 41.4598, 64.1390)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8CE #C8CEA8

analogous

#A8B5CE #AEA8CE #C1A8CE

triadic

#AEA8CE #CEAEA8 #A8CEAE

tetradic

#AEA8CE #CEA8B5 #C8CEA8 #A8CEC1

square

#AEA8CE #CEA8B5 #C8CEA8 #A8CEC1

split-complementary

#AEA8CE #CEC1A8 #B5CEA8

monochromatic

#665BA1 #8A81B8 #AEA8CE #D2CFE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AEA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#AEA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8CE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8CE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.054 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1dd',
    500: '#aea8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8ce;
$custom-light: #c6c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74934,
    "c": 0.05445,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8CE

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A73F96

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8CE

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

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