#AEB9BC#AEB9BC

#AEB9BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.013 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9BC
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -3.21, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 4.28, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0105 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.013 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8797, 47.3269, 54.3904)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9BC #BCB1AE

analogous

#AEBCB8 #AEB9BC #AEB2BC

triadic

#AEB9BC #BCAEB9 #B9BCAE

tetradic

#AEB9BC #B8AEBC #BCB1AE #B2BCAE

square

#AEB9BC #B8AEBC #BCB1AE #B2BCAE

split-complementary

#AEB9BC #BCAEB2 #BCB8AE

monochromatic

#6C7E83 #8D9CA0 #AEB9BC #CFD6D8 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#AEB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#AEB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9BC

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9BC	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.013 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ced0',
    500: '#aeb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9bc;
$custom-light: #c6ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.01299,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9BC

secondary

#E5E2E1

accent

#605293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9BC

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

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