#AEB9BE#AEB9BE

#AEB9BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.014 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9BE
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(199, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -2.81, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 4.76, 233.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0097 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.014 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0968, 47.4138, 55.5338)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9BE #BEB3AE

analogous

#AEBEBB #AEB9BE #AEB1BE

triadic

#AEB9BE #BEAEB9 #B9BEAE

tetradic

#AEB9BE #BBAEBE #BEB3AE #B1BEAE

square

#AEB9BE #BBAEBE #BEB3AE #B1BEAE

split-complementary

#AEB9BE #BEAEB1 #BEBBAE

monochromatic

#6C7E86 #8C9CA3 #AEB9BE #D0D6D9 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#AEB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9BE

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9BE	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.014 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ced1',
    500: '#aeb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9be;
$custom-light: #c6ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77869,
    "c": 0.01418,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9BE

secondary

#E6E3E2

accent

#665095

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9BE

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

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