#AEB4BE#AEB4BE

#AEB4BE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4BE
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -0.13, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 5.80, 268.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0025 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0692, 45.3585, 55.1912)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4BE #BEB8AE

analogous

#AEBCBE #AEB4BE #B0AEBE

triadic

#AEB4BE #BEAEB4 #B4BEAE

tetradic

#AEB4BE #BEAEBC #BEB8AE #AEBEB0

square

#AEB4BE #BEAEBC #BEB8AE #AEBEB0

split-complementary

#AEB4BE #BEB0AE #BCBEAE

monochromatic

#6C7586 #8C95A3 #AEB4BE #D0D3D9 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#AEB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#AEB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4BE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4BE	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad1',
    500: '#aeb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4be;
$custom-light: #c6cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76825,
    "c": 0.01575,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4BE

secondary

#E6E4E2

accent

#7B5095

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4BE

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

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