#AEABBB#AEABBB

#AEABBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.023 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABBB
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, 4.16, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 8.83, 298.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0095 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.023 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9864, 41.7122, 52.8961)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABBB #B8BBAB

analogous

#ABB0BB #AEABBB #B6ABBB

triadic

#AEABBB #BBAEAB #ABBBAE

tetradic

#AEABBB #BBABB0 #B8BBAB #ABBBB6

square

#AEABBB #BBABB0 #B8BBAB #ABBBB6

split-complementary

#AEABBB #BBB6AB #B0BBAB

monochromatic

#6E6982 #8D89A0 #AEABBB #CFCDD6 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AEABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AEABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABBB

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABBB	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.023 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4cf',
    500: '#aeabbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabbb;
$custom-light: #c6c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.02293,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABBB

secondary

#E2E3DF

accent

#955188

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABBB

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

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