#AEB5CB#AEB5CB

#AEB5CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.032 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5CB
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(226, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, 2.02, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 12.11, 279.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0009 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.032 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7565, 46.3576, 63.0783)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5CB #CBC4AE

analogous

#AEC4CB #AEB5CB #B6AECB

triadic

#AEB5CB #CBAEB5 #B5CBAE

tetradic

#AEB5CB #CBAEC4 #CBC4AE #AECBB6

square

#AEB5CB #CBAEC4 #CBC4AE #AECBB6

split-complementary

#AEB5CB #CBB6AE #C4CBAE

monochromatic

#64719B #8993B3 #AEB5CB #D3D7E3 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#AEB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5CB

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5CB	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.032 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbda',
    500: '#aeb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5cb;
$custom-light: #c6cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.517,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77463,
    "c": 0.03227,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5CB

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8A45A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5CB

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

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