#AEAFBF#AEAFBF

#AEAFBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.023 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEAFBF
RGB	rgb(174, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(236, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(236, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 2.79, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 8.71, 288.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0051 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.023 283)
XYZ	xyz(42.1876, 43.4199, 55.4384)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEAFBF #BFBEAE

analogous

#AEB8BF #AEAFBF #B6AEBF

triadic

#AEAFBF #BFAEAF #AFBFAE

tetradic

#AEAFBF #BFAEB8 #BFBEAE #AEBFB6

square

#AEAFBF #BFAEB8 #BFBEAE #AEBFB6

split-complementary

#AEAFBF #BFB6AE #B8BFAE

monochromatic

#6B6D88 #8C8DA4 #AEAFBF #D0D1DA #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#AEAFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#AEAFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEAFBF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEAFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEAFBF	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeafbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.023 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c6d2',
    500: '#aeafbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeafbf;
$custom-light: #c6c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeafbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75825,
    "c": 0.02275,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.4342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEAFBF

secondary

#E7E6E2

accent

#925096

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEAFBF

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

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