#AEB4C6#AEB4C6

#AEB4C6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.026 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4C6
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 198)
HSL	hsl(225, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 1.51, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 9.94, 278.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% 0.0005 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.026 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9676, 45.7179, 59.9232)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4C6 #C6C0AE

analogous

#AEC0C6 #AEB4C6 #B4AEC6

triadic

#AEB4C6 #C6AEB4 #B4C6AE

tetradic

#AEB4C6 #C6AEC0 #C6C0AE #AEC6B4

square

#AEB4C6 #C6AEC0 #C6C0AE #AEC6B4

split-complementary

#AEB4C6 #C6B4AE #C0C6AE

monochromatic

#677293 #8A93AD #AEB4C6 #D2D5DF #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB4C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#AEB4C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4C6

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4C6	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.026 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad7',
    500: '#aeb4c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4c6;
$custom-light: #c6cad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77087,
    "c": 0.02648,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4C6

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#874A9C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4C6

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

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