#AEB0BE#AEB0BE

#AEB0BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.020 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB0BE
RGB	rgb(174, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(233, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 2.04, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 7.64, 285.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0033 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.02 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2733, 43.7668, 54.9259)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB0BE #BEBCAE

analogous

#AEB8BE #AEB0BE #B4AEBE

triadic

#AEB0BE #BEAEB0 #B0BEAE

tetradic

#AEB0BE #BEAEB8 #BEBCAE #AEBEB4

square

#AEB0BE #BEAEB8 #BEBCAE #AEBEB4

split-complementary

#AEB0BE #BEB4AE #B8BEAE

monochromatic

#6C6F86 #8C8FA3 #AEB0BE #D0D1D9 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AEB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#AEB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB0BE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB0BE	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)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.020 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c7d1',
    500: '#aeb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb0be;
$custom-light: #c6c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75998,
    "c": 0.02001,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB0BE

secondary

#E6E5E2

accent

#8C5095

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB0BE

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

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