#AEB5CE#AEB5CE

#AEB5CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.036 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB5CE
RGB	rgb(174, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(227, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 2.67, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 13.70, 281.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.002 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.036 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1174, 46.5020, 64.9793)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB5CE #CEC7AE

analogous

#AEC5CE #AEB5CE #B7AECE

triadic

#AEB5CE #CEAEB5 #B5CEAE

tetradic

#AEB5CE #CEAEC5 #CEC7AE #AECEB7

square

#AEB5CE #CEAEC5 #CEC7AE #AECEB7

split-complementary

#AEB5CE #CEB7AE #C5CEAE

monochromatic

#626FA0 #8892B7 #AEB5CE #D4D8E5 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#AEB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB5CE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB5CE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.036 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbdd',
    500: '#aeb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb5ce;
$custom-light: #c6cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.03643,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB5CE

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8E42A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB5CE

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

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