#AEB5C8#AEB5C8

#AEB5C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.028 H 269.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5C8
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(224, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, 1.39, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 10.53, 277.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0002 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.028 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4024, 46.2160, 61.2136)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5C8 #C8C1AE

analogous

#AEC2C8 #AEB5C8 #B4AEC8

triadic

#AEB5C8 #C8AEB5 #B5C8AE

tetradic

#AEB5C8 #C8AEC2 #C8C1AE #AEC8B4

square

#AEB5C8 #C8AEC2 #C8C1AE #AEC8B4

split-complementary

#AEB5C8 #C8B4AE #C2C8AE

monochromatic

#667396 #8A94AF #AEB5C8 #D2D6E1 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#AEB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5C8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5C8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.028 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd8',
    500: '#aeb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5c8;
$custom-light: #c6cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77361,
    "c": 0.02815,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5C8

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#86489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5C8

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

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