#AEB5CD#AEB5CD

#AEB5CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.035 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5CD
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(226, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(226, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, 2.45, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 13.17, 280.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% 0.0016 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.035 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9963, 46.4535, 64.3416)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5CD #CDC6AE

analogous

#AEC5CD #AEB5CD #B7AECD

triadic

#AEB5CD #CDAEB5 #B5CDAE

tetradic

#AEB5CD #CDAEC5 #CDC6AE #AECDB7

square

#AEB5CD #CDAEC5 #CDC6AE #AECDB7

split-complementary

#AEB5CD #CDB7AE #C5CDAE

monochromatic

#62709E #8892B6 #AEB5CD #D4D8E4 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#AEB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5CD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5CD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.035 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbdc',
    500: '#aeb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5cd;
$custom-light: #c6cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77532,
    "c": 0.03505,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8D43A2

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5CD

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

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