#AEB6BD#AEB6BD

#AEB6BD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.013 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6BD
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(208, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(208, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -1.41, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 4.72, 252.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0058 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.013 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3669, 46.1283, 54.7532)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6BD #BDB5AE

analogous

#AEBDBC #AEB6BD #AEAEBD

triadic

#AEB6BD #BDAEB6 #B6BDAE

tetradic

#AEB6BD #BCAEBD #BDB5AE #AEBDAE

square

#AEB6BD #BCAEBD #BDB5AE #AEBDAE

split-complementary

#AEB6BD #BDAEAE #BDBCAE

monochromatic

#6C7985 #8C98A2 #AEB6BD #D0D4D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AEB6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AEB6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6BD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6BD	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.013 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd0',
    500: '#aeb6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6bd;
$custom-light: #c6cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.01342,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6BD

secondary

#E5E3E1

accent

#715194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6BD

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

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