#AEB3BA#AEB3BA

#AEB3BA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.011 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB3BA
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 186)
HSL	hsl(215, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -0.39, -4.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 4.18, 264.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0026 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.011 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4368, 44.7837, 52.8533)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB3BA #BAB5AE

analogous

#AEB9BA #AEB3BA #AFAEBA

triadic

#AEB3BA #BAAEB3 #B3BAAE

tetradic

#AEB3BA #BAAEB9 #BAB5AE #AEBAAF

square

#AEB3BA #BAAEB9 #BAB5AE #AEBAAF

split-complementary

#AEB3BA #BAAFAE #B9BAAE

monochromatic

#6D7580 #8D949E #AEB3BA #CFD2D6 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEB3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#AEB3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB3BA

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB3BA	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)

#B1B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.011 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9ce',
    500: '#aeb3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb3ba;
$custom-light: #c6c9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76491,
    "c": 0.01145,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB3BA

secondary

#E4E2E0

accent

#785492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB3BA

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

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