#AEABC8#AEABC8

#AEABC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.041 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEABC8
RGB	rgb(174, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(246, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(246, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 6.85, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 15.90, 295.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0142 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.041 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4416, 42.2943, 60.5600)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEABC8 #C5C8AB

analogous

#ABB6C8 #AEABC8 #BCABC8

triadic

#AEABC8 #C8AEAB #ABC8AE

tetradic

#AEABC8 #C8ABB6 #C5C8AB #ABC8BC

square

#AEABC8 #C8ABB6 #C5C8AB #ABC8BC

split-complementary

#AEABC8 #C8BCAB #B6C8AB

monochromatic

#686296 #8A86B0 #AEABC8 #D2D0E0 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AEABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#AEABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEABC8

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEABC8	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.041 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c4d8',
    500: '#aeabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeabc8;
$custom-light: #c6c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.207,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.04135,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEABC8

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F4696

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEABC8

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

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