#AEB2BD#AEB2BD

#AEB2BD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.016 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB2BD
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(224, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(224, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 0.75, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 6.12, 277.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.016 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5594, 44.5133, 54.4840)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB2BD #BDB9AE

analogous

#AEB9BD #AEB2BD #B1AEBD

triadic

#AEB2BD #BDAEB2 #B2BDAE

tetradic

#AEB2BD #BDAEB9 #BDB9AE #AEBDB1

square

#AEB2BD #BDAEB9 #BDB9AE #AEBDB1

split-complementary

#AEB2BD #BDB1AE #B9BDAE

monochromatic

#6C7385 #8C92A2 #AEB2BD #D0D2D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AEB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#AEB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB2BD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB2BD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.016 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d0',
    500: '#aeb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb2bd;
$custom-light: #c6c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76379,
    "c": 0.01628,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB2BD

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#825194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB2BD

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

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