#AEAEBA#AEAEBA

#AEAEBA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.017 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEBA
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 2.32, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 6.54, 290.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0047 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.017 286)
XYZ	xyz(41.4528, 42.8158, 52.5253)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEBA #BABAAE

analogous

#AEB4BA #AEAEBA #B4AEBA

triadic

#AEAEBA #BAAEAE #AEBAAE

tetradic

#AEAEBA #BAAEB4 #BABAAE #AEBAB4

square

#AEAEBA #BAAEB4 #BABAAE #AEBAB4

split-complementary

#AEAEBA #BAB4AE #B4BAAE

monochromatic

#6D6D80 #8D8D9E #AEAEBA #CFCFD6 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#AEAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#AEAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEBA

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEBA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.017 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6ce',
    500: '#aeaeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaeba;
$custom-light: #c6c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75455,
    "c": 0.01702,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.42816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEBA

secondary

#E4E4E0

accent

#925492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEBA

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

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