#AEB8BC#AEB8BC

#AEB8BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8BC
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -2.68, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 4.19, 230.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0091 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6712, 46.9100, 54.3210)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8BC #BCB2AE

analogous

#AEBCB9 #AEB8BC #AEB1BC

triadic

#AEB8BC #BCAEB8 #B8BCAE

tetradic

#AEB8BC #B9AEBC #BCB2AE #B1BCAE

square

#AEB8BC #B9AEBC #BCB2AE #B1BCAE

split-complementary

#AEB8BC #BCAEB1 #BCB9AE

monochromatic

#6C7D83 #8D9BA0 #AEB8BC #CFD5D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#AEB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8BC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8BC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdd0',
    500: '#aeb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8bc;
$custom-light: #c6cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77597,
    "c": 0.01255,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8BC

secondary

#E5E2E1

accent

#655293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8BC

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

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