#AEB8BE#AEB8BE

#AEB8BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.014 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8BE
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(203, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -2.28, -4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 4.81, 241.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0083 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.014 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8883, 46.9969, 55.4643)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8BE #BEB4AE

analogous

#AEBEBC #AEB8BE #AEB0BE

triadic

#AEB8BE #BEAEB8 #B8BEAE

tetradic

#AEB8BE #BCAEBE #BEB4AE #B0BEAE

square

#AEB8BE #BCAEBE #BEB4AE #B0BEAE

split-complementary

#AEB8BE #BEAEB0 #BEBCAE

monochromatic

#6C7C86 #8C9AA3 #AEB8BE #D0D6D9 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#AEB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8BE

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8BE	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.014 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdd1',
    500: '#aeb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8be;
$custom-light: #c6cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77659,
    "c": 0.01408,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8BE

secondary

#E6E3E2

accent

#6A5095

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8BE

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

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