#AEB6C4#AEB6C4

#AEB6C4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.022 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6C4
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 196)
HSL	hsl(218, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 0.02, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 8.04, 270.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0031 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.022 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1451, 46.4396, 58.8518)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6C4 #C4BCAE

analogous

#AEC1C4 #AEB6C4 #B1AEC4

triadic

#AEB6C4 #C4AEB6 #B6C4AE

tetradic

#AEB6C4 #C4AEC1 #C4BCAE #AEC4B1

square

#AEB6C4 #C4AEC1 #C4BCAE #AEC4B1

split-complementary

#AEB6C4 #C4B1AE #C1C4AE

monochromatic

#68768F #8B96AA #AEB6C4 #D1D6DE #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#AEB6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6C4

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6C4	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)

#B2B7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.022 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd5',
    500: '#aeb6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6c4;
$custom-light: #c6cbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77435,
    "c": 0.02185,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6C4

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#7D4C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6C4

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

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