#AEB4CB#AEB4CB

#AEB4CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.033 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4CB
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(228, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, 2.57, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 12.60, 281.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0023 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.033 274)
XYZ	xyz(44.5539, 45.9524, 63.0107)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4CB #CBC5AE

analogous

#AEC3CB #AEB4CB #B7AECB

triadic

#AEB4CB #CBAEB4 #B4CBAE

tetradic

#AEB4CB #CBAEC3 #CBC5AE #AECBB7

square

#AEB4CB #CBAEC3 #CBC5AE #AECBB7

split-complementary

#AEB4CB #CBB7AE #C3CBAE

monochromatic

#646F9B #8991B3 #AEB4CB #D3D7E3 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#AEB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4CB

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4CB	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.033 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cada',
    500: '#aeb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4cb;
$custom-light: #c6cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.03342,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.45953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4CB

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8D45A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4CB

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

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