#AEAEC6#AEAEC6

#AEAEC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.034 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEC6
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 4.78, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 13.08, 291.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0092 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.034 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7825, 43.3476, 59.5281)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEC6 #C6C6AE

analogous

#AEBAC6 #AEAEC6 #BAAEC6

triadic

#AEAEC6 #C6AEAE #AEC6AE

tetradic

#AEAEC6 #C6AEBA #C6C6AE #AEC6BA

square

#AEAEC6 #C6AEBA #C6C6AE #AEC6BA

split-complementary

#AEAEC6 #C6BAAE #BAC6AE

monochromatic

#676793 #8A8AAD #AEAEC6 #D2D2DF #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#AEAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEC6

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEC6	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.034 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d7',
    500: '#aeaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaec6;
$custom-light: #c6c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.03412,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEC6

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9C4A9C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEC6

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

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