#AEB2BC#AEB2BC

#AEB2BC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.015 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB2BC
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(223, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(223, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 0.55, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 5.60, 275.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0004 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.015 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4512, 44.4700, 53.9143)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB2BC #BCB8AE

analogous

#AEB9BC #AEB2BC #B1AEBC

triadic

#AEB2BC #BCAEB2 #B2BCAE

tetradic

#AEB2BC #BCAEB9 #BCB8AE #AEBCB1

square

#AEB2BC #BCAEB9 #BCB8AE #AEBCB1

split-complementary

#AEB2BC #BCB1AE #B9BCAE

monochromatic

#6C7383 #8D92A0 #AEB2BC #CFD2D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#AEB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB2BC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB2BC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.015 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d0',
    500: '#aeb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb2bc;
$custom-light: #c6c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76346,
    "c": 0.01492,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB2BC

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#815293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB2BC

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

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