#AEB8CB#AEB8CB

#AEB8CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.029 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8CB
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(219, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(219, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 0.40, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 10.77, 272.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0034 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.029 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3730, 47.5907, 63.2838)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8CB #CBC1AE

analogous

#AEC7CB #AEB8CB #B3AECB

triadic

#AEB8CB #CBAEB8 #B8CBAE

tetradic

#AEB8CB #CBAEC7 #CBC1AE #AECBB3

square

#AEB8CB #CBAEC7 #CBC1AE #AECBB3

split-complementary

#AEB8CB #CBB3AE #C7CBAE

monochromatic

#64779B #8997B3 #AEB8CB #D3D9E3 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#AEB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8CB

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8CB	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.029 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cdda',
    500: '#aeb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8cb;
$custom-light: #c6cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78082,
    "c": 0.02924,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8CB

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#8145A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8CB

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

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