#AEA9BC#AEA9BC

#AEA9BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.028 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9BC
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(256, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 5.46, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 10.59, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0128 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.028 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7189, 41.0054, 53.3369)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9BC #B7BCA9

analogous

#A9AEBC #AEA9BC #B7A9BC

triadic

#AEA9BC #BCAEA9 #A9BCAE

tetradic

#AEA9BC #BCA9AE #B7BCA9 #A9BCB7

square

#AEA9BC #BCA9AE #B7BCA9 #A9BCB7

split-complementary

#AEA9BC #BCB7A9 #AEBCA9

monochromatic

#6E6784 #8E87A1 #AEA9BC #CECBD7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#AEA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9BC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9BC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.028 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2d0',
    500: '#aea9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9bc;
$custom-light: #c6c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.02752,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9BC

secondary

#E2E3DE

accent

#974F84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9BC

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

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