#AEB8BD#AEB8BD

#AEB8BD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.013 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8BD
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(200, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -2.48, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 4.48, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0087 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.013 229)
XYZ	xyz(43.7794, 46.9533, 54.8907)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8BD #BDB3AE

analogous

#AEBDBA #AEB8BD #AEB0BD

triadic

#AEB8BD #BDAEB8 #B8BDAE

tetradic

#AEB8BD #BAAEBD #BDB3AE #B0BDAE

square

#AEB8BD #BAAEBD #BDB3AE #B0BDAE

split-complementary

#AEB8BD #BDAEB0 #BDBAAE

monochromatic

#6C7C85 #8C9AA2 #AEB8BD #D0D6D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#AEB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8BD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8BD	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.013 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdd0',
    500: '#aeb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8bd;
$custom-light: #c6cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.01325,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.46954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8BD

secondary

#E5E3E1

accent

#685194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8BD

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

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