#AEB5BE#AEB5BE

#AEB5BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.015 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5BE
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(214, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -0.67, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 5.45, 262.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.004 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.015 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2718, 45.7637, 55.2588)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5BE #BEB7AE

analogous

#AEBDBE #AEB5BE #AFAEBE

triadic

#AEB5BE #BEAEB5 #B5BEAE

tetradic

#AEB5BE #BEAEBD #BEB7AE #AEBEAF

square

#AEB5BE #BEAEBD #BEB7AE #AEBEAF

split-complementary

#AEB5BE #BEAFAE #BDBEAE

monochromatic

#6C7786 #8C96A3 #AEB5BE #D0D4D9 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#AEB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5BE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5BE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.015 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd1',
    500: '#aeb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5be;
$custom-light: #c6cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77033,
    "c": 0.01504,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5BE

secondary

#E6E4E2

accent

#775095

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5BE

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

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