#AEB5BF#AEB5BF

#AEB5BF is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.016 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5BF
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(215, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(215, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -0.46, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 5.93, 265.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0036 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.016 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3814, 45.8076, 55.8364)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5BF #BFB8AE

analogous

#AEBEBF #AEB5BF #B0AEBF

triadic

#AEB5BF #BFAEB5 #B5BFAE

tetradic

#AEB5BF #BFAEBE #BFB8AE #AEBFB0

square

#AEB5BF #BFAEBE #BFB8AE #AEBFB0

split-complementary

#AEB5BF #BFB0AE #BEBFAE

monochromatic

#6B7788 #8C96A4 #AEB5BF #D0D4DA #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AEB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AEB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5BF

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5BF	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.016 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd2',
    500: '#aeb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5bf;
$custom-light: #c6cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.01626,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5BF

secondary

#E7E5E2

accent

#795096

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5BF

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

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