#AEB9BF#AEB9BF

#AEB9BF is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.015 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9BF
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(201, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(201, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -2.61, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 5.07, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0093 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.015 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2065, 47.4576, 56.1114)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9BF #BFB4AE

analogous

#AEBFBD #AEB9BF #AEB1BF

triadic

#AEB9BF #BFAEB9 #B9BFAE

tetradic

#AEB9BF #BDAEBF #BFB4AE #B1BFAE

square

#AEB9BF #BDAEBF #BFB4AE #B1BFAE

split-complementary

#AEB9BF #BFAEB1 #BFBDAE

monochromatic

#6B7D88 #8C9BA4 #AEB9BF #D0D7DA #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#AEB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#AEB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9BF

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9BF	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.015 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ced2',
    500: '#aeb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9bf;
$custom-light: #c6ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.779,
    "c": 0.01495,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9BF

secondary

#E7E4E2

accent

#685096

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9BF

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

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