#AEA9BB#AEA9BB

#AEA9BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.026 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9BB
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(257, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 5.26, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 10.05, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0124 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.026 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6115, 40.9624, 52.7711)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9BB #B6BBA9

analogous

#A9ADBB #AEA9BB #B7A9BB

triadic

#AEA9BB #BBAEA9 #A9BBAE

tetradic

#AEA9BB #BBA9AD #B6BBA9 #A9BBB7

square

#AEA9BB #BBA9AD #B6BBA9 #A9BBB7

split-complementary

#AEA9BB #BBB7A9 #ADBBA9

monochromatic

#6F6782 #8E87A0 #AEA9BB #CECBD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#AEA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9BB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9BB	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.026 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2cf',
    500: '#aea9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9bb;
$custom-light: #c6c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.02612,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9BB

secondary

#E1E2DD

accent

#965082

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9BB

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

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