#AEAECE#AEAECE

#AEAECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.046 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAECE
RGB	rgb(174, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 6.49, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 17.43, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.012 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.046 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7297, 43.7265, 64.5167)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAECE #CECEAE

analogous

#AEBECE #AEAECE #BEAECE

triadic

#AEAECE #CEAEAE #AECEAE

tetradic

#AEAECE #CEAEBE #CECEAE #AECEBE

square

#AEAECE #CEAEBE #CECEAE #AECEBE

split-complementary

#AEAECE #CEBEAE #BECEAE

monochromatic

#6262A0 #8888B7 #AEAECE #D4D4E5 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEAECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#AEAECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAECE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAECE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeaece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.046 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6dd',
    500: '#aeaece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeaece;
$custom-light: #c6c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeaece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7614,
    "c": 0.04553,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAECE

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A342A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAECE

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

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