#AEB8CD#AEB8CD

#AEB8CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.032 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8CD
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(221, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(221, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 0.83, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 11.79, 274.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0026 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.032 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6129, 47.6867, 64.5471)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8CD #CDC3AE

analogous

#AEC8CD #AEB8CD #B4AECD

triadic

#AEB8CD #CDAEB8 #B8CDAE

tetradic

#AEB8CD #CDAEC8 #CDC3AE #AECDB4

square

#AEB8CD #CDAEC8 #CDC3AE #AECDB4

split-complementary

#AEB8CD #CDB4AE #C8CDAE

monochromatic

#62769E #8897B6 #AEB8CD #D4D9E4 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#AEB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8CD

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8CD	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.032 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cddc',
    500: '#aeb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8cd;
$custom-light: #c6cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.645,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.0319,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8CD

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#8443A2

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8CD

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

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