#AEB8CC#AEB8CC

#AEB8CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.031 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8CC
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(220, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(220, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 0.61, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 11.27, 273.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.003 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.031 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4926, 47.6386, 63.9134)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8CC #CCC2AE

analogous

#AEC7CC #AEB8CC #B3AECC

triadic

#AEB8CC #CCAEB8 #B8CCAE

tetradic

#AEB8CC #CCAEC7 #CCC2AE #AECCB3

square

#AEB8CC #CCAEC7 #CCC2AE #AECCB3

split-complementary

#AEB8CC #CCB3AE #C7CCAE

monochromatic

#63769D #8897B4 #AEB8CC #D4D9E4 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#AEB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8CC

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8CC	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.031 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cddb',
    500: '#aeb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8cc;
$custom-light: #c6cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78116,
    "c": 0.03057,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8CC

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#8244A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8CC

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

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