#AEA9BF#AEA9BF

#AEA9BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.032 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9BF
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(254, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, 6.07, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 12.21, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0139 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.032 296)
XYZ	xyz(41.0457, 41.1361, 55.0578)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9BF #BABFA9

analogous

#A9AFBF #AEA9BF #B9A9BF

triadic

#AEA9BF #BFAEA9 #A9BFAE

tetradic

#AEA9BF #BFA9AF #BABFA9 #A9BFB9

square

#AEA9BF #BFA9AF #BABFA9 #A9BFB9

split-complementary

#AEA9BF #BFB9A9 #AFBFA9

monochromatic

#6D6588 #8D86A5 #AEA9BF #CFCCD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AEA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AEA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9BF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9BF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.032 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2d2',
    500: '#aea9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9bf;
$custom-light: #c6c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.03172,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.41136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9BF

secondary

#E4E5DF

accent

#994D88

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9BF

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

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