#AEAAC6#AEAAC6

#AEAAC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.040 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAC6
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 198)
HSL	hsl(249, 20%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(249, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 6.98, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 15.41, 296.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.015 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.04 292)
XYZ	xyz(42.0212, 41.8251, 59.2744)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAC6 #C2C6AA

analogous

#AAB4C6 #AEAAC6 #BCAAC6

triadic

#AEAAC6 #C6AEAA #AAC6AE

tetradic

#AEAAC6 #C6AAB4 #C2C6AA #AAC6BC

square

#AEAAC6 #C6AAB4 #C2C6AA #AAC6BC

split-complementary

#AEAAC6 #C6BCAA #B4C6AA

monochromatic

#6A6393 #8B85AD #AEAAC6 #D1CFDF #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEAAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#AEAAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAC6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAC6	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.040 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3d7',
    500: '#aeaac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaac6;
$custom-light: #c6c3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 19.718,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75045,
    "c": 0.04003,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.41825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAC6

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9E4792

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAC6

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

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