#AEB6C6#AEB6C6

#AEB6C6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.024 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6C6
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 198)
HSL	hsl(220, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 0.43, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 9.05, 272.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0024 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.024 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3743, 46.5312, 60.0587)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6C6 #C6BEAE

analogous

#AEC2C6 #AEB6C6 #B2AEC6

triadic

#AEB6C6 #C6AEB6 #B6C6AE

tetradic

#AEB6C6 #C6AEC2 #C6BEAE #AEC6B2

square

#AEB6C6 #C6AEC2 #C6BEAE #AEC6B2

split-complementary

#AEB6C6 #C6B2AE #C2C6AE

monochromatic

#677693 #8A96AD #AEB6C6 #D2D6DF #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AEB6C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#AEB6C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6C6

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6C6	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.024 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd7',
    500: '#aeb6c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6c6;
$custom-light: #c6cbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77501,
    "c": 0.02447,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6C6

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#804A9C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6C6

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

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