#AEB3C8#AEB3C8

#AEB3C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.030 H 275.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB3C8
RGB	rgb(174, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(228, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 2.48, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 11.49, 282.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% 0.0027 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.03 275)
XYZ	xyz(43.9987, 45.4085, 61.0791)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB3C8 #C8C3AE

analogous

#AEC0C8 #AEB3C8 #B6AEC8

triadic

#AEB3C8 #C8AEB3 #B3C8AE

tetradic

#AEB3C8 #C8AEC0 #C8C3AE #AEC8B6

square

#AEB3C8 #C8AEC0 #C8C3AE #AEC8B6

split-complementary

#AEB3C8 #C8B6AE #C0C8AE

monochromatic

#666F96 #8A91AF #AEB3C8 #D2D5E1 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#AEB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB3C8

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB3C8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.030 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c9d8',
    500: '#aeb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb3c8;
$custom-light: #c6c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.462,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76949,
    "c": 0.03041,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB3C8

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8D489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB3C8

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

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