#AEB9CB#AEB9CB

#AEB9CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.028 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB9CB
RGB	rgb(174, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(217, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -0.14, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 10.37, 269.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0048 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.028 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5815, 48.0077, 63.3533)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB9CB #CBC0AE

analogous

#AEC8CB #AEB9CB #B2AECB

triadic

#AEB9CB #CBAEB9 #B9CBAE

tetradic

#AEB9CB #CBAEC8 #CBC0AE #AECBB2

square

#AEB9CB #CBAEC8 #CBC0AE #AECBB2

split-complementary

#AEB9CB #CBB2AE #C8CBAE

monochromatic

#64799B #8999B3 #AEB9CB #D3D9E3 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#AEB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#AEB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB9CB

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB9CB	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.028 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ceda',
    500: '#aeb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb9cb;
$custom-light: #c6ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78289,
    "c": 0.02839,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB9CB

secondary

#E9E6E2

accent

#7E45A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB9CB

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

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