#AEB8BF#AEB8BF

#AEB8BF is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.015 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8BF
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(205, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(205, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -2.08, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 5.17, 246.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0079 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.015 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9980, 47.0407, 56.0419)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8BF #BFB5AE

analogous

#AEBFBE #AEB8BF #AEB0BF

triadic

#AEB8BF #BFAEB8 #B8BFAE

tetradic

#AEB8BF #BEAEBF #BFB5AE #B0BFAE

square

#AEB8BF #BEAEBF #BFB5AE #B0BFAE

split-complementary

#AEB8BF #BFAEB0 #BFBEAE

monochromatic

#6B7C88 #8C9AA4 #AEB8BF #D0D6DA #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#AEB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8BF

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8BF	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.015 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdd2',
    500: '#aeb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8bf;
$custom-light: #c6cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77691,
    "c": 0.01498,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8BF

secondary

#E7E4E2

accent

#6D5096

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8BF

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

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