#AEA3BB

sRGB: 174 / 163 / 187

Radiant blossoms fracture ancient heavens
Sacred blossoms flicker through endless evenings
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#AEA3BB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 174 red, 163 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 267.5° lands in the violet region. Its 15.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.76:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 174, 163, 187
HSL: 267.50°, 15.00%, 68.63%
HSV / HSB: 267.50°, 12.83%, 73.33%
CMYK (approx.): 6.95%, 12.83%, 0.00%, 26.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 39.520, 38.781, 52.419
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.592, 8.571, -10.890
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38781
24-bit decimal: 11445179

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AEA3BB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.76:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.40:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#B0BBA3 sits half a turn (180°) from #AEA3BB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AEA3BB #B0BBA3

Analogous

#A3A4BB and #BAA3BB sit 30° to either side of #AEA3BB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A3A4BB #AEA3BB #BAA3BB

Triadic

#AEA3BB, #BBAEA3 and #A3BBAE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AEA3BB #BBAEA3 #A3BBAE

Split complementary

Start at #AEA3BB and look across the wheel. #BBBAA3 and #A4BBA3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AEA3BB #BBBAA3 #A4BBA3

Square

Starting with #AEA3BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBA3A4, #B0BBA3, then #A3BBBA. Across the square, #AEA3BB pairs with #B0BBA3, and #BBA3A4 with #A3BBBA.

#AEA3BB #BBA3A4 #B0BBA3 #A3BBBA

Tetradic

#AEA3BB and #B0BBA3 are opposites, as are #BBA3B0 and #A3BBAE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AEA3BB #BBA3B0 #B0BBA3 #A3BBAE

Tints

Mixing #AEA3BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEB5C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFEDF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#AEA3BB #BEB5C9 #CEC8D6 #DFDAE4 #EFEDF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AEA3BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8B8296, keeps 80% of the original. By #232125, the mixture is 80% black.

#AEA3BB #8B8296 #686270 #46414B #232125 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AEA3BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A59CAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #89878C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AEA3BB #A59CAF #9C95A3 #928E98 #89878C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AEA3BB

RGB

rgb(174 163 187)

HSL

hsl(267.500 15.000% 68.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AEA3BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AEA3BB uses 174 red, 163 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.2%

Green 63.9%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AEA3BB is 7.0% cyan, 12.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 26.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.0%

Magenta 12.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 26.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAABB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AAB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AEA3BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAABB Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#AEA3BB #AEA7B7 #AFABB3 #AFAFAF #AFB3AB #B0B7A7 #B0BBA3

Color vision previews

Compare how #AEA3BB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9FA7BC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#ACA6AB

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A5A6BB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A5A6BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ADA4B5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A7A7A7

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#ABA5B1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42327 G 0.36625 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.67495 G 0.64071 B 0.72620

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.41315 G 0.36815 B 0.48621

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.302 y 0.297 Y 38.781

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.765 M % 36.078 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101110 10100011 10111011