#AEB4C8#AEB4C8

#AEB4C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.029 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4C8
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(226, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(226, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 1.93, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 11.00, 280.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0012 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.029 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1998, 45.8108, 61.1461)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4C8 #C8C2AE

analogous

#AEC1C8 #AEB4C8 #B5AEC8

triadic

#AEB4C8 #C8AEB4 #B4C8AE

tetradic

#AEB4C8 #C8AEC1 #C8C2AE #AEC8B5

square

#AEB4C8 #C8AEC1 #C8C2AE #AEC8B5

split-complementary

#AEB4C8 #C8B5AE #C1C8AE

monochromatic

#667196 #8A92AF #AEB4C8 #D2D6E1 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AEB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4C8

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4C8	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.029 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cad8',
    500: '#aeb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4c8;
$custom-light: #c6cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.02925,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4C8

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#8A489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4C8

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

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