#AEB4BC#AEB4BC

#AEB4BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.013 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4BC
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(214, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -0.53, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 4.82, 263.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0033 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.013 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8521, 45.2717, 54.0479)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4BC #BCB6AE

analogous

#AEBBBC #AEB4BC #AFAEBC

triadic

#AEB4BC #BCAEB4 #B4BCAE

tetradic

#AEB4BC #BCAEBB #BCB6AE #AEBCAF

square

#AEB4BC #BCAEBB #BCB6AE #AEBCAF

split-complementary

#AEB4BC #BCAFAE #BBBCAE

monochromatic

#6C7683 #8D95A0 #AEB4BC #CFD3D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#AEB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4BC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4BC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.013 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad0',
    500: '#aeb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4bc;
$custom-light: #c6cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76762,
    "c": 0.01324,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4BC

secondary

#E5E3E1

accent

#775293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4BC

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

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