#AEA9CD#AEA9CD

#AEA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.051 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA9CD
RGB	rgb(174, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(248, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(248, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 9.03, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 19.81, 297.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0189 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.051 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6606, 41.7820, 63.5630)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA9CD #C8CDA9

analogous

#A9B6CD #AEA9CD #C0A9CD

triadic

#AEA9CD #CDAEA9 #A9CDAE

tetradic

#AEA9CD #CDA9B6 #C8CDA9 #A9CDC0

square

#AEA9CD #CDA9B6 #C8CDA9 #A9CDC0

split-complementary

#AEA9CD #CDC0A9 #B6CDA9

monochromatic

#665C9F #8A82B6 #AEA9CD #D2D0E3 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AEA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA9CD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA9CD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.051 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c2dc',
    500: '#aea9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea9cd;
$custom-light: #c6c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.333,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75097,
    "c": 0.05149,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA9CD

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A54097

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA9CD

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

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