#AEB8BA#AEB8BA

#AEB8BA is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.012 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8BA
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(190, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -3.07, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 3.79, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0099 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.012 211)
XYZ	xyz(43.4571, 46.8244, 53.1934)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8BA #BAB0AE

analogous

#AEBAB6 #AEB8BA #AEB2BA

triadic

#AEB8BA #BAAEB8 #B8BAAE

tetradic

#AEB8BA #B6AEBA #BAB0AE #B2BAAE

square

#AEB8BA #B6AEBA #BAB0AE #B2BAAE

split-complementary

#AEB8BA #BAAEB2 #BAB6AE

monochromatic

#6D7D80 #8D9B9E #AEB8BA #CFD5D6 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AEB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#AEB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8BA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8BA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.012 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdce',
    500: '#aeb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8ba;
$custom-light: #c6cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77536,
    "c": 0.01153,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.46825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8BA

secondary

#E4E1E0

accent

#5E5492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8BA

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

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