#AEB4CC#AEB4CC

#AEB4CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.035 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4CC
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(228, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 2.78, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 13.13, 282.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0027 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.035 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6734, 46.0002, 63.6404)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4CC #CCC6AE

analogous

#AEC3CC #AEB4CC #B7AECC

triadic

#AEB4CC #CCAEB4 #B4CCAE

tetradic

#AEB4CC #CCAEC3 #CCC6AE #AECCB7

square

#AEB4CC #CCAEC3 #CCC6AE #AECCB7

split-complementary

#AEB4CC #CCB7AE #C3CCAE

monochromatic

#636E9D #8891B4 #AEB4CC #D4D7E4 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#AEB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4CC

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4CC	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.035 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cadb',
    500: '#aeb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4cc;
$custom-light: #c6cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77292,
    "c": 0.03481,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4CC

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8F44A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4CC

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

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