#AEAEC5#AEAEC5

#AEAEC5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.033 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEC5
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 4.57, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 12.54, 291.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0088 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.033 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6675, 43.3017, 58.9227)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEC5 #C5C5AE

analogous

#AEB9C5 #AEAEC5 #B9AEC5

triadic

#AEAEC5 #C5AEAE #AEC5AE

tetradic

#AEAEC5 #C5AEB9 #C5C5AE #AEC5B9

square

#AEAEC5 #C5AEB9 #C5C5AE #AEC5B9

split-complementary

#AEAEC5 #C5B9AE #B9C5AE

monochromatic

#686891 #8A8AAB #AEAEC5 #D2D2DF #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEAEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#AEAEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEC5

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEC5	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.033 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d6',
    500: '#aeaec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaec5;
$custom-light: #c6c6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEC5

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9B4B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEC5

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

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