#AEAEC4#AEAEC4

#AEAEC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.031 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEC4
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 4.36, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 11.99, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0084 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.031 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5533, 43.2560, 58.3212)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEC4 #C4C4AE

analogous

#AEB9C4 #AEAEC4 #B9AEC4

triadic

#AEAEC4 #C4AEAE #AEC4AE

tetradic

#AEAEC4 #C4AEB9 #C4C4AE #AEC4B9

square

#AEAEC4 #C4AEB9 #C4C4AE #AEC4B9

split-complementary

#AEAEC4 #C4B9AE #B9C4AE

monochromatic

#68688F #8B8BAA #AEAEC4 #D1D1DE #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AEAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#AEAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEC4

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEC4	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.031 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d5',
    500: '#aeaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaec4;
$custom-light: #c6c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.03127,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEC4

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9A4C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEC4

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

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