#AEAAB9#AEAAB9

#AEAAB9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.022 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAB9
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 185)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 4.31, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 8.36, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0102 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.022 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5856, 41.2509, 51.7136)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAB9 #B5B9AA

analogous

#AAAEB9 #AEAAB9 #B6AAB9

triadic

#AEAAB9 #B9AEAA #AAB9AE

tetradic

#AEAAB9 #B9AAAE #B5B9AA #AAB9B6

square

#AEAAB9 #B9AAAE #B5B9AA #AAB9B6

split-complementary

#AEAAB9 #B9B6AA #AEB9AA

monochromatic

#6F6980 #8E889D #AEAAB9 #CECCD5 #EEEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AEAAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AEAAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAB9

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAB9	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.022 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3ce',
    500: '#aeaab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaab9;
$custom-light: #c6c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74601,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAB9

secondary

#E0E2DD

accent

#945282

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAB9

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

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