#AEB6BC#AEB6BC

#AEB6BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.012 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6BC
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -1.60, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 4.31, 248.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0062 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.012 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2587, 46.0850, 54.1835)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6BC #BCB4AE

analogous

#AEBCBB #AEB6BC #AEAFBC

triadic

#AEB6BC #BCAEB6 #B6BCAE

tetradic

#AEB6BC #BBAEBC #BCB4AE #AFBCAE

square

#AEB6BC #BBAEBC #BCB4AE #AFBCAE

split-complementary

#AEB6BC #BCAEAF #BCBBAE

monochromatic

#6C7983 #8D98A0 #AEB6BC #CFD4D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AEB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AEB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6BC

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6BC	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.012 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd0',
    500: '#aeb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6bc;
$custom-light: #c6cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77179,
    "c": 0.0124,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6BC

secondary

#E5E3E1

accent

#6E5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6BC

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

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