#AEAEC8#AEAEC8

#AEAEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.037 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEC8
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 5.20, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 14.17, 291.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0099 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.037 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0147, 43.4405, 60.7511)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEC8 #C8C8AE

analogous

#AEBBC8 #AEAEC8 #BBAEC8

triadic

#AEAEC8 #C8AEAE #AEC8AE

tetradic

#AEAEC8 #C8AEBB #C8C8AE #AEC8BB

square

#AEAEC8 #C8AEBB #C8C8AE #AEC8BB

split-complementary

#AEAEC8 #C8BBAE #BBC8AE

monochromatic

#666696 #8A8AAF #AEAEC8 #D2D2E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#AEAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEC8

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEC8	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.037 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d8',
    500: '#aeaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaec8;
$custom-light: #c6c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.03697,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEC8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9D489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEC8

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

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