#AEB5CA#AEB5CA

#AEB5CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.031 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5CA
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(225, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(225, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 1.81, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 11.58, 279.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% 0.0005 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.031 271)
XYZ	xyz(44.6377, 46.3101, 62.4527)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5CA #CAC3AE

analogous

#AEC3CA #AEB5CA #B5AECA

triadic

#AEB5CA #CAAEB5 #B5CAAE

tetradic

#AEB5CA #CAAEC3 #CAC3AE #AECAB5

square

#AEB5CA #CAAEC3 #CAC3AE #AECAB5

split-complementary

#AEB5CA #CAB5AE #C3CAAE

monochromatic

#647299 #8993B2 #AEB5CA #D3D7E2 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#AEB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5CA

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5CA	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.031 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbda',
    500: '#aeb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5ca;
$custom-light: #c6cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.03089,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.46311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5CA

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#89469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5CA

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

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