#AEB4C4#AEB4C4

#AEB4C4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.024 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4C4
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 196)
HSL	hsl(224, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 1.10, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 8.89, 277.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0003 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.024 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7385, 45.6262, 58.7163)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4C4 #C4BEAE

analogous

#AEBFC4 #AEB4C4 #B3AEC4

triadic

#AEB4C4 #C4AEB4 #B4C4AE

tetradic

#AEB4C4 #C4AEBF #C4BEAE #AEC4B3

square

#AEB4C4 #C4AEBF #C4BEAE #AEC4B3

split-complementary

#AEB4C4 #C4B3AE #BFC4AE

monochromatic

#68738F #8B93AA #AEB4C4 #D1D5DE #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#AEB4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4C4

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4C4	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.024 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad5',
    500: '#aeb4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4c4;
$custom-light: #c6cad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77021,
    "c": 0.02374,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4C4

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#854C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4C4

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

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