#AEB4C2#AEB4C2

#AEB4C2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.021 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4C2
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(222, 14%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(222, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 0.69, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 7.84, 275.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.001 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.021 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5123, 45.5358, 57.5254)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4C2 #C2BCAE

analogous

#AEBEC2 #AEB4C2 #B2AEC2

triadic

#AEB4C2 #C2AEB4 #B4C2AE

tetradic

#AEB4C2 #C2AEBE #C2BCAE #AEC2B2

square

#AEB4C2 #C2AEBE #C2BCAE #AEC2B2

split-complementary

#AEB4C2 #C2B2AE #BEC2AE

monochromatic

#6A748C #8B94A8 #AEB4C2 #D1D4DC #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#AEB4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#AEB4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4C2

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4C2	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.021 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad4',
    500: '#aeb4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4c2;
$custom-light: #c6cad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.02102,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4C2

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#824D98

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4C2

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

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