#AEB4CA#AEB4CA

#AEB4CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4CA
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(227, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 2.35, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 12.06, 281.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.002 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4351, 45.9049, 62.3851)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4CA #CAC4AE

analogous

#AEC2CA #AEB4CA #B6AECA

triadic

#AEB4CA #CAAEB4 #B4CAAE

tetradic

#AEB4CA #CAAEC2 #CAC4AE #AECAB6

square

#AEB4CA #CAAEC2 #CAC4AE #AECAB6

split-complementary

#AEB4CA #CAB6AE #C2CAAE

monochromatic

#647099 #8992B2 #AEB4CA #D3D6E2 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#AEB4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4CA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4CA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cada',
    500: '#aeb4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4ca;
$custom-light: #c6cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77223,
    "c": 0.03202,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4CA

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8C469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4CA

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

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