#AEB2C4#AEB2C4

#AEB2C4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.026 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB2C4
RGB	rgb(174, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(229, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 2.18, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 9.85, 282.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0026 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.026 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3376, 44.8246, 58.5827)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB2C4 #C4C0AE

analogous

#AEBDC4 #AEB2C4 #B5AEC4

triadic

#AEB2C4 #C4AEB2 #B2C4AE

tetradic

#AEB2C4 #C4AEBD #C4C0AE #AEC4B5

square

#AEB2C4 #C4AEBD #C4C0AE #AEC4B5

split-complementary

#AEB2C4 #C4B5AE #BDC4AE

monochromatic

#686F8F #8B90AA #AEB2C4 #D1D4DE #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEB2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#AEB2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB2C4

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB2C4	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.026 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d5',
    500: '#aeb2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb2c4;
$custom-light: #c6c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76608,
    "c": 0.02599,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB2C4

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#8C4C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB2C4

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

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