#AEAEC3#AEAEC3

#AEAEC3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.030 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEC3
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 4.16, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 11.45, 291.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% 0.0081 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.03 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4399, 43.2106, 57.7238)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEC3 #C3C3AE

analogous

#AEB9C3 #AEAEC3 #B9AEC3

triadic

#AEAEC3 #C3AEAE #AEC3AE

tetradic

#AEAEC3 #C3AEB9 #C3C3AE #AEC3B9

square

#AEAEC3 #C3AEB9 #C3C3AE #AEC3B9

split-complementary

#AEAEC3 #C3B9AE #B9C3AE

monochromatic

#69698E #8B8BA9 #AEAEC3 #D1D1DD #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEAEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#AEAEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEC3

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEC3	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.030 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d5',
    500: '#aeaec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaec3;
$custom-light: #c6c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.02984,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEC3

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#994C99

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEC3

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

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