#AEA9CC#AEA9CC

#AEA9CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.050 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9CC
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(249, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(249, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 8.81, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 19.27, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0185 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.05 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5403, 41.7339, 62.9293)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9CC #C7CCA9

analogous

#A9B5CC #AEA9CC #BFA9CC

triadic

#AEA9CC #CCAEA9 #A9CCAE

tetradic

#AEA9CC #CCA9B5 #C7CCA9 #A9CCBF

square

#AEA9CC #CCA9B5 #C7CCA9 #A9CCBF

split-complementary

#AEA9CC #CCBFA9 #B5CCA9

monochromatic

#665D9D #8A83B5 #AEA9CC #D2CFE3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#AEA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9CC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9CC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.050 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2db',
    500: '#aea9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9cc;
$custom-light: #c6c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.05008,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9CC

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A44196

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9CC

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

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