#AEADC8#AEADC8

#AEADC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.038 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEADC8
RGB	rgb(174, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 5.75, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 14.74, 292.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0113 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.038 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8222, 43.0556, 60.6869)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEADC8 #C7C8AD

analogous

#ADB9C8 #AEADC8 #BBADC8

triadic

#AEADC8 #C8AEAD #ADC8AE

tetradic

#AEADC8 #C8ADB9 #C7C8AD #ADC8BB

square

#AEADC8 #C8ADB9 #C7C8AD #ADC8BB

split-complementary

#AEADC8 #C8BBAD #B9C8AD

monochromatic

#666596 #8A88AF #AEADC8 #D2D2E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#AEADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEADC8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEADC8	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeadc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.038 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c5d8',
    500: '#aeadc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeadc8;
$custom-light: #c6c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeadc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 19.708,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75723,
    "c": 0.03841,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEADC8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9E479B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEADC8

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

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