#AEB3BD#AEB3BD

#AEB3BD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.015 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB3BD
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(220, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(220, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 0.21, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 5.69, 272.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0015 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.015 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7591, 44.9127, 54.5505)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB3BD #BDB8AE

analogous

#AEBABD #AEB3BD #B0AEBD

triadic

#AEB3BD #BDAEB3 #B3BDAE

tetradic

#AEB3BD #BDAEBA #BDB8AE #AEBDB0

square

#AEB3BD #BDAEBA #BDB8AE #AEBDB0

split-complementary

#AEB3BD #BDB0AE #BABDAE

monochromatic

#6C7485 #8C93A2 #AEB3BD #D0D3D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AEB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#AEB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB3BD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB3BD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.015 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d0',
    500: '#aeb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb3bd;
$custom-light: #c6c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.0153,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB3BD

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#7E5194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB3BD

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

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