#AEB9BD#AEB9BD

#AEB9BD is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.014 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9BD
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -3.01, -3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 4.50, 227.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0101 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.014 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9879, 47.3702, 54.9601)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9BD #BDB2AE

analogous

#AEBDB9 #AEB9BD #AEB1BD

triadic

#AEB9BD #BDAEB9 #B9BDAE

tetradic

#AEB9BD #B9AEBD #BDB2AE #B1BDAE

square

#AEB9BD #B9AEBD #BDB2AE #B1BDAE

split-complementary

#AEB9BD #BDAEB1 #BDB9AE

monochromatic

#6C7E85 #8C9CA2 #AEB9BD #D0D6D8 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#AEB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9BD

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9BD	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.014 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ced0',
    500: '#aeb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9bd;
$custom-light: #c6ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.01353,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9BD

secondary

#E5E2E1

accent

#635194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9BD

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

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