#AEA9BD#AEA9BD

#AEA9BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.029 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9BD
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(255, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 5.66, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 11.13, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0132 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.029 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8271, 41.0486, 53.9065)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9BD #B8BDA9

analogous

#A9AEBD #AEA9BD #B8A9BD

triadic

#AEA9BD #BDAEA9 #A9BDAE

tetradic

#AEA9BD #BDA9AE #B8BDA9 #A9BDB8

square

#AEA9BD #BDA9AE #B8BDA9 #A9BDB8

split-complementary

#AEA9BD #BDB8A9 #AEBDA9

monochromatic

#6E6685 #8D86A2 #AEA9BD #CFCCD8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#AEA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9BD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9BD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.029 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2d0',
    500: '#aea9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9bd;
$custom-light: #c6c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7453,
    "c": 0.02891,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9BD

secondary

#E2E4DE

accent

#974E85

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9BD

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

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