#AEABB8#AEABB8

#AEABB8 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.019 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABB8
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(254, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 3.56, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 7.21, 299.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0084 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.019 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6686, 41.5851, 51.2223)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABB8 #B5B8AB

analogous

#ABAFB8 #AEABB8 #B5ABB8

triadic

#AEABB8 #B8AEAB #ABB8AE

tetradic

#AEABB8 #B8ABAF #B5B8AB #ABB8B5

square

#AEABB8 #B8ABAF #B5B8AB #ABB8B5

split-complementary

#AEABB8 #B8B5AB #AFB8AB

monochromatic

#6F6B7E #8E8A9C #AEABB8 #CECCD4 #EEEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#AEABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABB8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABB8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.019 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4cd',
    500: '#aeabb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabb8;
$custom-light: #c6c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 8.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74773,
    "c": 0.01871,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABB8

secondary

#E0E1DE

accent

#925384

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABB8

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

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