#AEA9BE#AEA9BE

#AEA9BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.030 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9BE
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 5.87, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 11.67, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0136 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.03 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9360, 41.0922, 54.4802)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9BE #B9BEA9

analogous

#A9AEBE #AEA9BE #B8A9BE

triadic

#AEA9BE #BEAEA9 #A9BEAE

tetradic

#AEA9BE #BEA9AE #B9BEA9 #A9BEB8

square

#AEA9BE #BEA9AE #B9BEA9 #A9BEB8

split-complementary

#AEA9BE #BEB8A9 #AEBEA9

monochromatic

#6E6687 #8D86A4 #AEA9BE #CFCCD8 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AEA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9BE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9BE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.030 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2d1',
    500: '#aea9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9be;
$custom-light: #c6c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74564,
    "c": 0.03031,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9BE

secondary

#E3E4DF

accent

#984D86

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9BE

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

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