#AEAEC9#AEAEC9

#AEAEC9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.038 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAEC9
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(240, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 5.42, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 14.71, 291.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0102 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.038 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1320, 43.4874, 61.3686)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAEC9 #C9C9AE

analogous

#AEBBC9 #AEAEC9 #BBAEC9

triadic

#AEAEC9 #C9AEAE #AEC9AE

tetradic

#AEAEC9 #C9AEBB #C9C9AE #AEC9BB

square

#AEAEC9 #C9AEBB #C9C9AE #AEC9BB

split-complementary

#AEAEC9 #C9BBAE #BBC9AE

monochromatic

#656598 #8989B1 #AEAEC9 #D3D3E1 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#AEAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAEC9

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAEC9	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.038 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d9',
    500: '#aeaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaec9;
$custom-light: #c6c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.0384,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAEC9

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9E479E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAEC9

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

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