#AEB4CE#AEB4CE

#AEB4CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.038 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB4CE
RGB	rgb(174, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(229, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(229, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, 3.21, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 14.20, 283.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% 0.0034 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.038 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9148, 46.0968, 64.9118)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB4CE #CEC8AE

analogous

#AEC4CE #AEB4CE #B8AECE

triadic

#AEB4CE #CEAEB4 #B4CEAE

tetradic

#AEB4CE #CEAEC4 #CEC8AE #AECEB8

square

#AEB4CE #CEAEC4 #CEC8AE #AECEB8

split-complementary

#AEB4CE #CEB8AE #C4CEAE

monochromatic

#626DA0 #8891B7 #AEB4CE #D4D7E5 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AEB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB4CE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB4CE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.038 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cadd',
    500: '#aeb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb4ce;
$custom-light: #c6cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77362,
    "c": 0.03761,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB4CE

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9142A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB4CE

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

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