#AEABB9#AEABB9

#AEABB9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.020 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABB9
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 3.76, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 7.75, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0087 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.02 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7738, 41.6272, 51.7763)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABB9 #B6B9AB

analogous

#ABAFB9 #AEABB9 #B5ABB9

triadic

#AEABB9 #B9AEAB #ABB9AE

tetradic

#AEABB9 #B9ABAF #B6B9AB #ABB9B5

square

#AEABB9 #B9ABAF #B6B9AB #ABB9B5

split-complementary

#AEABB9 #B9B5AB #AFB9AB

monochromatic

#6F6A7F #8E8A9D #AEABB9 #CECCD5 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AEABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABB9

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABB9	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.020 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4ce',
    500: '#aeabb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabb9;
$custom-light: #c6c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74806,
    "c": 0.02011,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABB9

secondary

#E1E2DE

accent

#935285

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABB9

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

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