#AEB5BD#AEB5BD

#AEB5BD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.014 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5BD
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(212, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(212, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -0.87, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 4.98, 259.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0044 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.014 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1628, 45.7201, 54.6851)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5BD #BDB6AE

analogous

#AEBCBD #AEB5BD #AEAEBD

triadic

#AEB5BD #BDAEB5 #B5BDAE

tetradic

#AEB5BD #BDAEBC #BDB6AE #AEBDAE

square

#AEB5BD #BDAEBC #BDB6AE #AEBDAE

split-complementary

#AEB5BD #BDAEAE #BCBDAE

monochromatic

#6C7785 #8C96A2 #AEB5BD #D0D4D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#AEB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5BD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5BD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.014 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd0',
    500: '#aeb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5bd;
$custom-light: #c6cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77002,
    "c": 0.01385,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5BD

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#755194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5BD

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

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