#AEB3BC#AEB3BC

#AEB3BC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.014 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB3BC
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(219, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(219, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 0.01, -5.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 5.18, 270.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0019 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.014 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6509, 44.8694, 53.9809)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB3BC #BCB7AE

analogous

#AEBABC #AEB3BC #B0AEBC

triadic

#AEB3BC #BCAEB3 #B3BCAE

tetradic

#AEB3BC #BCAEBA #BCB7AE #AEBCB0

square

#AEB3BC #BCAEBA #BCB7AE #AEBCB0

split-complementary

#AEB3BC #BCB0AE #BABCAE

monochromatic

#6C7583 #8D94A0 #AEB3BC #CFD2D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#AEB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#AEB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB3BC

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB3BC	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.014 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d0',
    500: '#aeb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb3bc;
$custom-light: #c6c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76554,
    "c": 0.01399,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB3BC

secondary

#E5E3E1

accent

#7C5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB3BC

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

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