#AEB8CE#AEB8CE

#AEB8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.033 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB8CE
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(221, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(221, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 1.04, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 12.30, 274.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0023 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.033 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7340, 47.7351, 65.1848)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB8CE #CEC4AE

analogous

#AEC8CE #AEB8CE #B4AECE

triadic

#AEB8CE #CEAEB8 #B8CEAE

tetradic

#AEB8CE #CEAEC8 #CEC4AE #AECEB4

square

#AEB8CE #CEAEC8 #CEC4AE #AECEB4

split-complementary

#AEB8CE #CEB4AE #C8CEAE

monochromatic

#6275A0 #8897B7 #AEB8CE #D4D9E5 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#AEB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#AEB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB8CE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB8CE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.033 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cddd',
    500: '#aeb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb8ce;
$custom-light: #c6cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78184,
    "c": 0.03324,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB8CE

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#8542A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB8CE

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

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