#AEB4CD#AEB4CD

#AEB4CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.036 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4CD
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(228, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 2.99, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 13.66, 282.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% 0.0031 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.036 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7937, 46.0483, 64.2740)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4CD #CDC7AE

analogous

#AEC4CD #AEB4CD #B8AECD

triadic

#AEB4CD #CDAEB4 #B4CDAE

tetradic

#AEB4CD #CDAEC4 #CDC7AE #AECDB8

square

#AEB4CD #CDAEC4 #CDC7AE #AECDB8

split-complementary

#AEB4CD #CDB8AE #C4CDAE

monochromatic

#626E9E #8891B6 #AEB4CD #D4D7E4 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#AEB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4CD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4CD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.036 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cadc',
    500: '#aeb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4cd;
$custom-light: #c6cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77327,
    "c": 0.03621,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9043A2

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4CD

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

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