#AEB6C8#AEB6C8

#AEB6C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.027 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB6C8
RGB	rgb(174, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(222, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 0.85, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 10.08, 274.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0016 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.027 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6065, 46.6241, 61.2817)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB6C8 #C8C0AE

analogous

#AEC3C8 #AEB6C8 #B3AEC8

triadic

#AEB6C8 #C8AEB6 #B6C8AE

tetradic

#AEB6C8 #C8AEC3 #C8C0AE #AEC8B3

square

#AEB6C8 #C8AEC3 #C8C0AE #AEC8B3

split-complementary

#AEB6C8 #C8B3AE #C3C8AE

monochromatic

#667596 #8A95AF #AEB6C8 #D2D7E1 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AEB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#AEB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB6C8

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB6C8	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.027 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cbd8',
    500: '#aeb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb6c8;
$custom-light: #c6cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.02714,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB6C8

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#83489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB6C8

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

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