#AEB8CA#AEB8CA

#AEB8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.028 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8CA
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(219, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, 0.19, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 10.26, 271.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0037 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.028 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2543, 47.5432, 62.6582)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8CA #CAC0AE

analogous

#AEC6CA #AEB8CA #B2AECA

triadic

#AEB8CA #CAAEB8 #B8CAAE

tetradic

#AEB8CA #CAAEC6 #CAC0AE #AECAB2

square

#AEB8CA #CAAEC6 #CAC0AE #AECAB2

split-complementary

#AEB8CA #CAB2AE #C6CAAE

monochromatic

#647799 #8998B2 #AEB8CA #D3D8E2 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#AEB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8CA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8CA	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.028 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdda',
    500: '#aeb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8ca;
$custom-light: #c6cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78048,
    "c": 0.02794,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8CA

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#7F469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8CA

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

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