#AEAAC8#AEAAC8

#AEAAC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.043 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAAC8
RGB	rgb(174, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(248, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(248, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 7.40, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 16.49, 296.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0157 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.043 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2534, 41.9180, 60.4973)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAAC8 #C4C8AA

analogous

#AAB5C8 #AEAAC8 #BDAAC8

triadic

#AEAAC8 #C8AEAA #AAC8AE

tetradic

#AEAAC8 #C8AAB5 #C4C8AA #AAC8BD

square

#AEAAC8 #C8AAB5 #C4C8AA #AAC8BD

split-complementary

#AEAAC8 #C8BDAA #B5C8AA

monochromatic

#686196 #8B85B0 #AEAAC8 #D1CFE0 #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AEAAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AEAAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAAC8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAAC8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.043 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c3d8',
    500: '#aeaac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaac8;
$custom-light: #c6c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75116,
    "c": 0.04287,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAAC8

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#A04694

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAAC8

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

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